Fido Explained

Fido may refer to:

Dogs

• Fido (Italian dog), a famous dog and symbol of loyalty
• Fido (Abraham Lincoln's dog), favorite dog of Abraham Lincoln

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Fido Dido, a male (human) youth cartoon character created in 1985 and associated with the soft drink 7 Up since 1988
• Fidough, a Pokémon species
• Fido, a pet Brontosaurus in the 1939 animated film Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
• Fido, the pet dog sidekick in the 1916 animated film Bobby Bumps
• Fido, a dog voiced by Mel Blanc in the 1949 animated film Woody Woodpecker and His Talent Show
• Fido, a dog in the 1949 animated short film The House of Tomorrow
• Fido, a pet flea in the 1999 animated film Olive, the Other Reindeer

Film and television

• Fido (film), a Canadian comedy about a zombie named "Fido"
• FidoTV, an American television channel devoted to dogs
• Fido Awards, a Nickelodeon awards program hosted by Fred Willard in 2008
• Fido Beta Kappa an animated film that won the 1954 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

Music

• Fido (band), a punk/rock band from Melbourne, Australia
• Fido, one half of Alexis & Fido, a reggaeton duo
• Fido, talking dog from the Frank Zappa song "Stinkfoot" on his 1973 album Over-Nite Sensation

Visual art

• Fairfield Industrial Dog Object, or Fido, a sculpture in Fairfield, Victoria, Australia

People

• Beata Fido (born 1967), Polish actress

Internet and communication

• FIDO Alliance, an industry consortium working on internet authentication mechanisms, including the U2F protocol for two-factor authentication
• Fido (wireless carrier), a Canadian cellular, home phone and Internet provider
• FidoNet, a worldwide bulletin board system computer network, related to the FIDO bulletin board software package
• A microcontroller version of the Freescale ColdFire (part of the Motorola 68000 series)
• .fido a type of Cineon Graphics Data file format

Military and space

• Fido explosives detector, a portable "artificial nose" explosives detection device
• Fire Direction Officer or FDO, the third ranking officer in a US artillery battery
• Flight Dynamics Officer, a position in ground control of space missions
• Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation, a fog dispersal system developed in the Second World War
• Mark 24 Mine or FIDO, a U.S. acoustic homing torpedo used during World War II
• Roger Grosjean, an MI5 double agent (codename Fido) in World War II