Science and Technology
- AFM (gene), in biochemistry, a member of the albumin gene family that encodes the protein Afamin
- Abrasive Flow Machining, a technique for smoothing internal part surfaces
- Active Fuel Management (formerly "Displacement on Demand"), is a trademarked name for the automobile variable displacement technology from General Motors
- Adobe Font Metrics, a computer file format
- Air flow meter, a device that measures how much air is flowing through a tube
- AFm phase, or "Alumina, Ferric oxide, monosulfate" phase, in chemistry
- Antiferromagnetism, a material property and type of magnetic ordering
- Atomic force microscope, a high-resolution type of scanning probe microscope
- Audio Frequency Modulation, an audio recording standard
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