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Glossary of IT Terms beginning with "F"

Brian Cryer's Glossary of IT Terms with Links. Definitions and links to further information on IT related terms ...

F2F
Face To Face, details ...
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions, details ...
FAT
File Allocation Table, details ...
Fat Client
A client/server application that performs most of the processing itself, details ...
FAT16
16 bit File Allocation Table, details ...
FAT32
32bit File Allocation Table, details ...
Fault Tolerance
Ability to tolerate hardware faults, details ...
FBA
Forms Based Authentication, details ...
FBDIMM
Fully Buffered Dual In-line Memory Module, details ...
FCB
File Control Block, details ...
FCN
File Change Notification, details ...
FD
FlashDevelop, details ...
FDC
Floppy Disk Controller, details ...
FDD
Floppy Disk Drive / Feature Driven Process, details ...
FDDI
Fiber Distributed Data Interface, details ...
FDS
Functional Design Specification, details ...
FF
Form Feed / FireFox / Freeze Frame, details ...
FFA
Free For All (link farm), details ...
FFAL
Free For All Links, details ...
FGA
Fine Grained Audit / Frequently Given Answer, details ...
FIFO
First-In First-Out, details ...
FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standard, details ...
Firefox
Popular internet browser from the Mozilla Foundation, details ...
Firewall
A firewall prevents unauthorised access to a network or computer, details ...
Firewire
Cross platform standard for transmission of serial data, details ...
Flash
Non-volatile memory / Macromedia Flash, details ...
Flowchart
Pictorial presentation of a logical sequence of steps, details ...
FME
Feature Manipulation Engine / Formal Methods Europe, details ...
FOAD
F*** Off And Die, details ...
FOAF
Friend Of A Friend (account), details ...
FOC
Free of Charge / Functional Operating Capability / Full Operating Capability / Firm Order Confirmation, details ...
FOD
F*** Off and Die, details ...
FOIA
Freedom Of Information Act, details ...
FOSS
Free and Open Source Software, details ...
FOV
Field Of View, details ...
FP
FrontPage / Function Point / Floating Point / FreeProxy, details ...
FP2002
FrontPage 2002, details ...
FPGA
Field Programmable Gate Array, details ...
FPOT
First Page Out Time, details ...
FPP
Full Product Package, details ...
FPS
Frames per second, details ...
FPSE
Front Page Server Extensions, details ...
FPU
Floating Point Unit, details ...
FQDN
Fully Qualified Domain Name, details ...
FQON
Fully Qualified Object Name, details ...
Free Download
No cost to download, but may cost to use, details ...
Free Software Foundation
Organisation promoting the development of free software, details ...
FRS
Functional Requirements Specification / File Replication Service / Frame Relay Service, details ...
FS
Functional Specification / Feasibility Specification, details ...
FSB
Front Side Bus, details ...
FSF
Free Software Foundation, details ...
FSMO
Flexible Single Master Operation, details ...
FSO
Financial Services Organisation, details ...
FTE
Full Time Equivalent, details ...
FTM
File Transfer Manager, details ...
FTP
File Transfer Protocol, details ...
FTPES
File Transfer Protocol over explicit TLS/SSL, details ...
FTPS
File Transfer Protocol with SSL security, details ...
FTR
For The Record, details ...
FTW
For The Win, details ...
FUBAR
Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition / Fouled Up Beyond All Repair, details ...
FUD
Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt / Frustrate, Undermine and Demoralize, details ...
Full Duplex
Send and receive simultaneously at the same speed, details ...
Fully Inverted Index
An index mapping words to their locations within documents, details ...
FUP
Fair Use Policy / Follow UP, details ...
FW
Firewall / Forward, details ...
FWIW
For What Its Worth, details ...
FX
Foreign Exchange / Effects, details ...
FYI
For Your Information, details ...