ExpertGlossary terms starting with F

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FTL For The Loss, a sports or game term.
FTLS Formal Top-Level Specification.
Ftorafur A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer. It is a combination of tegafur and uracil.
FTP File Transfer Protocol (ADP/Internet term).
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) An Internet protocol that enables the transfer of files between computers over a network or the Internet.
FTP archive A collection of files that are available by using file transfer protocol (FTP). Synonyms file archive, file site.
FTP mail A method of accessing and retrieving FTP-based files via e-mail.
FTPMAIL An Internet server application which provides access to Internet FTP server files via e-mail.
FTR Flight Test Round.
FTS (1) Flight Test Summary (2) Federal Telephone Service
FTS 2000 Federal Telecommunications System 2000.
FTS2000 Abbreviation for Federal Telecommunications System 2000. The designation for a defunct Federal telecommunications contract replaced by the contract…
FTS2001 Abbreviation for Federal Telecommunications System. A contract to provide a consolidated telecommunications capability to support Federal agencies with…
FTV (1) Functional Technology Validation. (2) Flight Test Vehicle.
FTW For The Win, a sports or game term.
FTX Field Training Exercise.
FU Fire Unit (PATRIOT).
FUE First Unit Equipped. 114
Fuel Also known as gasoline.
Fuel cell A holding tank for a race car's supply of gasoline. Consists of a metal box that contains a flexible, tear-resistant bladder and foam baffling.
Fuel Cells Electro-chemical devices (similar to batteries) that use a continuous supply of hydrogen to produce electricity.
Fuel cycle The series of steps required to produce electricity. The fuel cycle includes mining or otherwise acquiring the raw fuel source, processing and cleaning…
Fuel Efficiency The ratio of heat produced by a fuel for doing work to the available heat in the fuel.
Fuel Grade Alcohol Usually refers to ethanol to 160 to 200 proof.
Fuel handling system A system for unloading wood fuel from vans or trucks, transporting the fuel to a storage pile or bin, and conveying the fuel from storage to the boiler or…
Fuel Oil Any liquid petroleum product burned for the generation of heat in a furnace or firebox, or for the generation of power in an engine.
Fuel pump A device that pumps fuel from the fuel cell through the fuel line to the carburetor.
Fuel Rate The amount of fuel necessary to generate one kilowatt-hour of electricity.
Fuel replacement energy Electric energy generated at a hydroelectric plant as a substitute for energy which would have been generated by a thermal electric plant.
Fuel-adjustment clause A provision of a power sales agreement or rate schedule that allows for the electricity price to be changed based on changes in the price of the fuel used…
Fuel-cell furnace A variation of the Dutch oven design, that usually incorporates a primary and secondary combustion chamber (cell).
Fugitive Dust The dust released from any source other than a definable point source such as stack, chimney, or vent.
Fugitive emissions Unintended gas leaks from the processing, transmission, and/or transportation of fossil fuels, CFCs from refrigeration leaks, SF6 from electrical power…
Fujita Scale The official classification system for tornado damage. The scale ranges from F0 (gale tornado, minor damage, winds up to 72 mph) to F5 (devastating…
Fujiwhara Effect A binary interaction where tropical cyclones within a certain distance (300-750 nm depending on the sizes of the cyclones) of each other begin to rotate…
Fulcrum A pivot for a lever.
Fulfillment piece Promotional literature, video, or other material that is sent in response to an inquiry. Usually contains full trip planning information.
fulguration (ful-guh-RAY-shun) A procedure to destroy tissue (such as a tumor) using an electric current. Also called electrofulguration.
full access token An access token with the maximum privileges authorized for the account. Used by User Account Control (UAC).
Full and Final Adoption A legal adoption in which the child receives all the rights of a natural born, legitimate child.
full carrier A carrier that is transmitted without reduction in power, i.e., a carrier that is of sufficient level to demodulate the sideband(s).
full carrier single-sideband emission A single-sideband emission without reduction of the carrier. [NTIA] [RR]
Full Clone A copy of the original virtual machine that has no further dependence on the parent virtual machine. See also Linked Clone.
Full Container Load (FCL) A container that is loaded and unloaded entirely under the risk and account of a single shipper or consignee.
Full Duplex Data communications devices which allow full speed transmission in both directions at the same time.
full duration at half maximum (FDHM) Full width at half maximum in which the independent variable is time. See full width at half maximum.
Full faith and credit Federal and municipal governments can promise repayment of debt securities they issue because they can raise money through taxes, borrowing, and other…
Full gate Maximum gate position of a turbine for a particular head.
Full gene sequence The complete order of bases in a gene. This order determines which protein a gene will produce.
Full house a hand of three cards of the same value and two cards of another same value, irrespective of suit, e.g. 2, 2, 2, 5, 5; i.e. a three of a kind and a pair
Full hydraulic capacity The designed capacity of a pipe or conduit.
Full irrigation service land Irrigable land now receiving, or to receive, its sole and generally adequate water supply through facilities which have been or are to be constructed by…
full load level (FLL) The peak voltage level of a nominal 400-Hz sine wave required to excite the analog-to-digital converter of the transmit channel unit to the extremes of…
full mesh topology A network architecture in which each network segment can reach any other network segment directly through a point-to-point physical or logical connection.
Full Mission Capable Material condition of an aircraft or training device indicting that it can perform all of its missions. Also called FMC.
full modulation In an analog-to-digital converter, the condition in which the input signal amplitude has just reached the threshold at which clipping begins to occur.
Full Operational Capability (FOC) The full attainment of the capability to employ effectively a weapon, item of equipment, or system of approved specific characteristics, which is manned…
Full Path A path name description that includes the drive, starting or root directory, all attached subdirectories and ending with the file or object name.
Full pool Volume of water in a reservoir at normal water surface. The reservoir level that would be attained when the reservoir is fully utilized for all project…
full privilege access token An access token with the maximum privileges authorized for the account. Used by User Account Control (UAC).
full processing All processing functions required to recover the information bits from a received signal.
Full Rate Production Production of economic quantities following stabilization of the system design and prove-out of the production process.
Full Replacement Policy A homeowner's policy that pays the full replacement cost, up to the policy maximum, to repair or restore damaged property.
Full Screen Mode A mode of operation in which a virtual machine's display occupies the host computer's entire screen. See also Normal (Windowed) Mode.
Full Sun The amount of power density in sunlight received at the earth's surface at noon on a clear day (about 1,000 Watts/square meter).
Full Tort With a Full Tort selection, you retain unrestricted rights to bring suit against the negligent party.
full virtualization You can deploy Red Hat Virtualization in one of two choices: full virtualization or para-virtualization.
full volume encryption key The algorithm-specific key that is used to encrypt (and optionally, diffuse) data on disk sectors.
full width at half maximum (FWHM) An expression of the extent of a function, given by the difference between the two extreme values of the independent variable at which the dependent…
full-duplex (FDX) circuit A circuit that permits simultaneous transmission in both directions.
full-duplex (FDX) operation Synonym duplex operation.
full-motion operation In television, a video frame update rate that provides the appearance of full motion without flicker or smear problems.
Full-Physics Numerical Model A computer model used to calculate air pollution concentrations. A full-physics numerical model uses a full set of equations describing the thermodynamic…
Full-service brokerage firm Full-service brokerage firms usually offer their clients a range of services in addition to executing their buy and sell orders.
full-text index A resource that is compiled by the Index engine to enable full-text search of documents, document properties, and content stored outside the workspace but…
Full-Text Indexing and Search Every word in the document is indexed into a master word list with pointers to the documents and pages where each occurrence of the word appears.
full-text search The ability to search a data file for specific words, numbers and/or combinations or patterns thereof.
full-text search index An index that allows users to perform a full-text search on a Web site.
Full-text sorting Sorting of search results based on the full textual content of a field (or a configurable number of characters).
Full-Time Employee An employee who works an average of at least 30 hours per week (so part-time would be less than 30 hours per week).
Full-Time Equivalent The number of working hours that represents one full-time employee during a fixed time period, such as one month or one year.
Full-time equivalent (FTE) Equivalent to a full-time worker/employee. For example, two people, each working half time, constitute one FTE.
Full-time equivalent employees Full-time equivalent employees include only persons employed by the employer and do not include bona fide consultants and independent contractors.
Full-Time Equivalent Officers (FTE) The COPS standard of 1 FTE is 228 eight hour shifts or 1,824 hours per year.
Fully Amortized Mortgage A mortgage in which the monthly payments are designed to retire the obligation at the end of the mortgage term.
Fully Configured End Item The final combination of end products, component parts, and/or materials, which is fully ready for its intended operational use.
fully connected mesh network See network topology.
Fully Connected Network (FCN) A network in which each node is directly connected with every other node.
fully connected topology See network topology.
fully evaluating operator An operator that evaluates all of its arguments to produce a result. Standard arithmetic operators, such as +, are fully evaluating.
Fully Found Agreement Defined in general as, a contractual agreement in which the lessor (owner of the vessel) pays operating expenses such as salary for the crew (including…
Fully Insured Job-based Plan A health plan purchased by an employer from an insurance company.
fully intermateable connectors Connectors from one source that mate with complementary components from other sources without mechanical damage and with transmission properties…
fully qualified class name The name of a class, including any package name and enclosing class name. Given the following class outline package oddments; class Outer { public class…
fully qualified domain name (FQDN) The complete name of a specific computer on the Internet, consisting of the computer's host name and its domain name.
fully virtualized See Full virtualization.
fulvestrant (fool-VES-trant) A drug used to treat certain types of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
Fumigation A pattern of plume dispersion produced when a convective boundary layer grows upward into a plume trapped in a stable layer.
function A built-in formula that performs a specialized calculation automatically.
Function room A special room that is used primarily for private parties, banquets, and meetings. Also called banquet rooms.