| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| ARF | Almost Ready to Fly |
| ARF | Advertising Research Foundation |
| ARF | ARC (Australian Research Council) Research Fellow |
| ARF | ASEAN Regional Forum |
| ARF | Acute Renal Failure |
| ARF | Animal Rescue Foundation |
| ARF | ADP Ribosylation Factor |
| ARF | Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Armenian political party) |
| ARF | Acute Respiratory Failure |
| ARF | Association des Régions de France (French: Association of Regions of France; est. 1998) |
| ARF | Approved Retirement Fund (UK) |
| ARF | Absolute Return Fund (investing) |
| ARF | Additional Registration Fee |
| ARF | Automatic Response File |
| ARF | Ascii Record Format |
| ARF | Arq Request for Feedback |
| ARF | Acknowledgement Run Flag |
| ARF | Automatic Reconfiguration Facility |
| ARF | Acute Rheumatic Fever |
| ARF | Aerosol Radiative Forcing (atmospheric chemistry) |
| ARF | Area Resource File |
| ARF | Area Resource File (US Health Resources and Services Administration) |
| ARF | Abuse Reporting Format (spam) |
| ARF | Addiction Research Foundation |
| ARF | Argon Fluoride |
| ARF | Andy Roddick Foundation (est. 2001; Boca Raton, FL) |
| ARF | Annual Research Forum (various organizations) |
| ARF | Archaeological Research Facility |
| ARF | Annual Report File (traffic safety) |
| ARF | Aircraft Rescue and Fire |
| ARF | Advanced Recycling Fee |
| ARF | Animal Research Facility (university) |
| ARF | Accommodation Request Form |
| ARF | Australian Rules Football |
| ARF | Action Request Form (FEMA) |
| ARF | Antioxidant Rich Food |
| ARF | Authorized Repair Facility (various organizations) |
| ARF | Association des Ruralistes Français (French: French Ruralists Association; est. 1974) |
| ARF | Aquatic Research Facility |
| ARF | Analytical Research Forum (Royal Society of Chemistry; UK) |
| ARF | Armour Research Foundation (Illinois Institute of Technology) |
| ARF | Amis du Rail du Forez (French: Friends of the Rail Drill; est. 1973) |
| ARF | Air Reserve Forces |
| ARF | Airborne Release Fraction |
| ARF | Addictions Receiving Facility |
| ARF | Audio Resource Function |
| ARF | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation |
| ARF | Airborne Relay Facility |
| ARF | Asoziale Randgruppe Frankfurt (hacker group) |
| ARF | American Retail Federation |
| ARF | Andean Reserve Fund (now Latin American Reserve Fund; Colombia) |
| ARF | Anthropology Research Facility |
| ARF | Alarm Reporting Function |
| ARF | Architecture Register File |
| ARF | Atlantic Research France (software) |
| ARF | Aviation Route Forecast |
| ARF | Architecture Research Facility |
| ARF | Abort, Retry, Or Fail? |
| ARF | Armenian Relief Fund |
| ARF | Automated Response Format (data format used in credit processing) |
| ARF | Argentina Peso Fuerte (national currency 1852-1875) |
| ARF | Air Reserve Facility |
| ARF | Archive and Retrieval Facility |
| ARF | Adjustment Request Form |
| ARF | Association des Rhumatologues en Formation (French: Association of Rheumatologists in Training) |
| ARF | Airport Reservation Function |
| ARF | Augmentation Reserve Force |
| ARF | Attempted Rape Flight |
| ARF | Assistant Regional Forester |
| ARF | Activity/Application Replacement Factor |
| ARF | Altitude Reservation Facility |
| ARF | Acoustic Range Finding/Finder |
| ARF | Accelerator Research Facilities (Argonne Review Committee) |
| ARF | Association of Recreational Fishermen |
| ARF | Above Recessed Floor |
| ARF | Amazing Race Fanatic |