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IFF

abbr.
identification, friend or foe

iff

abbr.
if and only if
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iff

(ɪf)
conj
(Logic) logic a shortened form of if and only if: it indicates that the two sentences so connected are necessary and sufficient conditions for one another. Usually iff is used for equivalence in the metalanguage, rather than as the biconditional in the object language

IFF

abbreviation for
(Military) Identification, Friend or Foe: a system using radar transmissions to which equipment carried by friendly forces automatically responds with a precoded signal
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iff


Math.
if and only if.
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