DLF

Proper noun

DLF

1. The Development Loan Fund.
   • The DLF commitment followed by some months the presentation to the DLF of a list of projects well in excess of this amount and the DLF had decided on a preliminary basis on the projects it would finance .1960, United States. Congress. House. Government Operations, Operations of the Development Loan Fund: 86-2, 1960, page 521
   • A large proportion of DLF assitance during the last year—17 loans totaling $279 million—went to South Asia, mainly to India and Pakistan.1960 September 5, “DLF Extends Operations to Assis Many Less Developed Countries”, in Foreign Commerce Weekly
2. The Digital Library Federation
   • The range in orientation of DLF digital libraries is illustrated by data from the DLF survey.2002, Daniel I. Greenstein, Suzanne Elizabeth Thorin, The Digital Library: A Biography, page 2
   • In contrast, the most succinct definition arising from the community of library practice is that set forth by the Digital Library Federation (DLF): "Digital Libraries are organization that provide the resources, including the specialized staff, to selct, structure, offer intellectual access to...2003, Ann P. Bishop, Nancy A. Van House, Barbara Pfeil Buttenfield, Digital Library Use: Social Practice in Design and Evaluation, page 87
3. The Dhofar Liberation Front
   • Having initially been deployed to support Dhofar Force, the SAF gradually became drawn into counter-insurgency operations against the DLF.2024, Geraint Hughes, Britain and the Dhofar War in Oman, 1963–1976
   • On 14 August 1964, an army jeep from the Sultan's Armed Forces ran over a land mine laid by the DLF killing the driver and wounding a passenger.2011, John Beasant, Oman: The True-Life Drama and Intrigue of an Arab State