# What does 'FMOD' mean?

**URL:** https://qa.fmod.com/t/what-does-fmod-mean/15956
**Category:** Other
**Created:** [July 8, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/what-does-fmod-mean/15956 "2020-07-08T21:40:32Z")
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### Author: ![KurtHarlandLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@KurtHarlandLarson](https://qa.fmod.com/u/KurtHarlandLarson)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/what-does-fmod-mean/15956/1 "2020-07-08T21:40:33Z")

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I’ve been curious. How did the name come about? I seem to remember the ‘mod’ part being a reference to mod-tracking? I never heard any explanation for the ‘F’ though…

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### Author: ![brett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/brett/32/261_2.png) [@brett](https://qa.fmod.com/u/brett)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/what-does-fmod-mean/15956/2 "2020-07-11T04:57:47Z")

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Hi,  
F is for Firelight, MOD is from the amiga/PC tracking days when it was a .mod/s3m/xm/it player (and still is!)

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### Author: ![KurtHarlandLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@KurtHarlandLarson](https://qa.fmod.com/u/KurtHarlandLarson)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/what-does-fmod-mean/15956/3 "2020-09-04T19:18:17Z")

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Cool, thanks. And hi Brett!