UDF may refer to:

Astronomy

  • Ultra Deep Field, a view of the distant universe taken in 2004 by the Hubble space telescope
  • UDF 423, a distant spiral galaxy
  • UDF 2457, a red dwarf star

Computing

  • Universal Disk Format, an operating-system-independent file system commonly used on DVD and other digital media
  • Uniqueness Database File, a Windows XP Professional configuration text file
  • User-defined function, a function provided by the user of a program or environment

Organizations

Politics

  • United Democratic Forces (ОДС), an electoral alliance in Bulgaria
  • United Democratic Forces of Belarus, a coalition of political parties participating as the main opposition group during the 2006 presidential election
  • United Democratic Front (Botswana)
  • United Democratic Front (Kerala), India
  • United Democratic Front (Mizoram), India
  • United Democratic Front (Malawi)
  • United Democratic Front (Namibia)
  • United Democratic Front (Pakistan)
  • United Democratic Front (South Africa)
  • United Democratic Front (South Sudan)
  • United Democratic Forum Party, a former political party in Kenya
  • Union pour la Démocratie Française (Union for French Democracy), a former centrist pro-European French political party

Military

  • Ulster Defence Force, a paramilitary group in Northern Ireland
  • Union Defence Force (South Africa), the predecessor of the South African Defence Force from 1912 to 1957
  • Union Defence Force (UAE), the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates

Other organizations

  • United Dairy Farmers, an American chain of ice cream shops

Other uses

  • Unducted fan, another name for a propfan engine
  • United Defense Force, a fictional global military in the manga All You Need Is Kill and its film adaptation Edge of Tomorrow

See also

  • Union of Democratic Forces (disambiguation), several political parties