national science foundation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

National Science Foundation
    n 1: an independent agency of the federal government responsible
         for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by
         supporting programs in research and education [syn:
         {National Science Foundation}, {NSF}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

National Science Foundation
NSF

   <body> (NSF) A US government agency that promotes the
   advancement of science by funding science researchers,
   scientific projects and infrastructure to improve the quality
   of scientific research.  The {NSFNET} is funded by NSF.

   (http://nsf.org/).

   (1999-01-15)

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