Short for fabrication facility, a silicon wafer manufacturing plant. The term usually refers to an individual facility rather than a company. Manufacturers of semiconductors can either build and run their own manufacturing plants or design chips that are manufactured by someone else.
Brettanomyces is a non-spore forming genus of yeast in the family Saccharomycetaceae, and is often colloquially referred to as Brett. The genus name Dekkera is used interchangeably with Brettanomyces, as it describes the teleomorph or spore forming form of the yeast. The cellular morphology of the yeast can vary from ovoid to long sausage shaped cells.
Random Brett Factoid: According to the 1989 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Brett ranks 63rd in popularity as a baby boy's name in Minnesota. Imagine that, 119 babies in Minnesota have the same name as you in 1989. Weird things about the name Brett: Your name in reverse order is Tterb.