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 ...