FRED may be:
- FRED (quartet), the 1999 International champion comedy barbershop quartet
- FRED (bus), a local transit system in Fredericksburg, Virginia
- FRED (disk magazine) diskzine for the SAM Coupé
- FRED (jeweller)
- FRED (text editor)
- Framework (office suite) computer language, an interactive interpreter
- Fred's Inc. (NASDAQ: FRED), a regional chain of discount stores based primarily in the southeastern United States
- FreeSpace Editor, the FreeSpace game series' mission editor
- Field Ration Eating Device, a knife/spoon/bottle opener/can opener combination formerly issued in Australian Army CR1M packs
Uses in transportation
- C-5 Galaxy, a slang name for the transport aircraft
- Field Remote Expeditionary Device, a fictional vehicle in the sci-fi Stargate universe
- Flashing Rear End Device, railroad equipment that monitors the integrity of a train's air line, taking the place of a caboose on most modern railroads
