authority and format identifier. Portion of an NSAP-format ATM address that identifies the type and format of the IDI portion of an ATM address. See also IDI and NSAP.
AFI is an eponymous retrospective album, released on November 2, 2004 with 15-tracks taken from the band's time on the Nitro Records label during between 1995 and 2001. The band did not sanction the release of this album.
Aboriginal Financial Institution. An Aboriginal Capital Corporation or an Aboriginal Community Futures Development Corporation or similar purpose Aboriginal-owned and controlled organization providing business and/or financial services exclusively or principally to Aboriginal clients.
Represents the type of application being targeted by the reader. It is used to ensure that information is only extracted from those transponders (tags) meeting the required application criteria. In other words, it is used to filter out information from other present transponders that are not relevant to the application.