ExpertGlossary terms starting with F

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  1. Ficheur In the American Roulette each player gets chips with different colours so that they do not mix.
  2. FICO Score FICO is an abbreviation for Fair Isaac Corporation and refers to a person's credit score based on credit history.
  3. Ficon Mainframe channel devised by IBM that supports data rates of 1 Gbit/s at distances from about 10 to 20 kilometers over fiber.
  4. FICON (Fibre Connectivity) a fibre optic technology that provides higher speeds at longer distances than ESCON. See ESCON.
  5. FICO® score Created by the Fair Isaac Corporation, FICO® is the best-known credit scoring system in the US.
  6. Fictitious Invoices It is common practice in the offshore industry to issue false invoices as a means to transfer money to an offshore jurisdiction, while at the same time…
  7. fidelity The degree to which a system, or a portion of a system, accurately reproduces, at its output, the essential characteristics of the signal impressed upon…
  8. FIDO Fighter Duty Officer (JFACC term).
  9. FidoNet A network designed for e-mail distribution through individual bulletin board systems rather than through Internet servers.
  10. Fiduciario Persona autorizada para representar a otra en materia de fideicomiso (trust).
  11. Fiduciary Undertaking to act as executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or trustee for a family trust, authorized trust, or testamentary trust, or receiver…
  12. fiduciary capacity, non-banking corporations acting in a Certain corporations , other than banking institutions, are licensed by the Banking Commissioner to act as trustees.
  13. field Field A region of space at each point of which a given physical or mathematical quantity has some definite value.
  14. Field (Moisture) Capacity The amount of water held in soil against the pull of gravity.
  15. Field (or Data Field) A name for an individual piece of standardized data, such as the author of a document, a recipient, the date of a document or any other piece of data…
  16. field campaign A scheduled period of time, or a field campaign, when the frequency of observations is changed to augment routine data acquisition at a site or to satisfy…
  17. Field capacity (field moisture capacity) Depth of water retained in the soil after ample irrigation or heavy rain when the rate of downward movement has substantially decreased, usually one to…
  18. Field collapsing Used in order to collapse a group of results with similar value for a given field to a single entry in the result set.
  19. field data collector An electronic device that collects and stores observation information from survey instruments.
  20. field gene bank See: gene bank (2).
  21. field intensity The irradiance of an electromagnetic wave under specified conditions. Note: Field intensity is usually expressed in watts per square meter.
  22. Field Moisture Deficiency The quantity of water, which would be required to restore the soil moisture to field moisture capacity.
  23. Field of Endeavor The area of technology that an inventor invents within. Also called technical field or field of the invention. MPEP 608.01(c).
  24. field of membership The field of membership of a Connecticut Credit Union is limited to: a) a single common bond membership of occupation or association, b) a multiple common…
  25. Field of the Invention See Field of Endeavor.
  26. Field of Use The technical field or market within which an invention is licensed. The licensee mahy not sell the invention within other markets.
  27. field of use license A license to rights in intellectual property which is limited to a defined use.
  28. Field of View (FOV) The angular measure of the volume of space within which the system can respond to the presence of a target.
  29. Field Research The gathering and research of information at the physical location; as opposed to research or information gathering in the office.
  30. Field Separator A code that separates the fields in a record. For example, the CSV format uses a comma as the field separator.
  31. field strength 1. The magnitude of an electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic field at a given point.
  32. field tag Synonym flag.
  33. Field tile Short lengths of clay pipe that are installed as subsurface drains.
  34. field weight The relative importance of a text field in a search index. Field weights control how much matches in particular text fields affect a document's relevance…
  35. field wire A flexible insulated wire used in field telephone and telegraph systems. Note 1: WD-1 and WF-16 are types of field wire.
  36. field-disturbance sensor A restricted radiation device which establishes a radio frequency field in its vicinity and detects changes in that field resulting from the movement of…
  37. field-replaceable unit (FRU) Any hardware unit that can be replaced at the customer site.
  38. fielded search A query that is restricted to a particular field.
  39. FIFO First In, First Out. See also "LIFO". Also, a nickname for a "named pipe".
  40. FIFO (first in, first out) The (FIFO) semantics of a queue data structure. Items are removed in the order in which they arrived in the queue, so older items are always removed…
  41. FIFRA The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. See Environmental Protection Agency.
  42. fifteen-year mortgage A loan with a term of 15 years. Although the monthly payment on a 15-year mortgage is higher than that of a 30-year mortgage, the amount of interest paid…
  43. fifth cranial nerve The main sensory nerve of the head and face, and the motor nerve of the muscles used in chewing. Also called trigeminal nerve.
  44. Fighting Mirror (FMIR) Part of the GBL System. The low orbit mirror, which receives laser energy and reflects it to the target.
  45. Figure Legend An explanations of what marks mean on a drawing. Patent drawings do not have legends.
  46. Figure of Merit (FOM) The numerical value assigned to a measure of effectiveness, parameters, or other figure, as a result of an analysis, synthesis, or estimating technique.
  47. FIHP A rare inherited condition in which one or more tumors form in the parathyroid glands (four pea-sized organs found on the thyroid) and cause them to make…
  48. Filament A prominence viewed against the solar disk. Also solar irradiance, solar filament.
  49. Filament Channel A broad pattern of fibrils in the chromosphere, marking where a filament may soon form or where a filament recently disappeared.
  50. filamentous algae Type of algae characterized by long chains of attached cells that give it a stringy feel and appearance.
  51. file To place a paper in the official custody of the clerk of court/court administrator to enter into the files or records of a case.
  52. file a return To mail or otherwise transmit to an IRS service center the taxpayer's information, in specified format, about income and tax liability.
  53. file ACL class The property of a file indicating access permissions for a process related to the process' user or group identification.
  54. File Allocation Table Microsoft operating systems store data in fixed length blocks of bytes called clusters, with the size of these blocks depending on the type of storage…
  55. file allocation table (FAT) Common file format of file cataloging for DOS and Windows operating systems; physical method of storing and accessing files from a hard disk.
  56. File and Registry Virtualization A feature that allows standard users to run applications that normally write to per-computer files and registry keys.
  57. File and Use Residential property rates utilize a system called “file and use.” Under this system, insurance companies file their rates with the Texas Department…
  58. file archive Synonym FTP archive.
  59. file break Termination of a file at regular periodic intervals to facilitate continuous disposal or transfer of the file series.
  60. file classification system A logical and systematic arrangement for classifying records into subject groups or categories based on some definite scheme of natural relationships…
  61. File Compression See Compression.
  62. File Conversion Changing data or a file from one format to another. For example, Native files may be converted from their original source format (e.g.
  63. File Data Data which has an associated file system.
  64. file descriptor The little number the "operating system" uses to keep track of which opened "file" you're talking about.
  65. File Extension A tag of three or four letters, preceded by a period, which identifies a data file's format or the application used to create the file.
  66. File Format The organization or characteristics of a file that allow it to be used with certain software programs.
  67. file guide A separation device that denotes a section of a file and directs the user to that section quickly See also finding aid and guide.
  68. File History The complete file of a patent application containing all related papers prepared by the patent office and the applicant during the prosecution of the…
  69. File Infector Virus A virus that attaches itself to a program file, such as a word processor, spreadsheet application, or game.
  70. file integrity Being accurate, complete, and in original order Being free of corruption
  71. File Integrity Checker Software that generates, stores, and compares message digests for files to detect changes to the files.
  72. File Level Binary Comparison Method of de-duplication using the digital fingerprint (hash) of a file. File Level Binary comparison ignores metadata, and can determine that SHOPPING…
  73. file lock The implicit state of a file when opened by a client. Depending on the open mode, the file may be locked so as to prevent any other access, or certain…
  74. file maintenance activity of preserving the integrity and/or maintaining the currency of a file by reviewing, deleting duplicates, and/or adding information
  75. file mark Data on a tape that signals the boundaries of a tape file.
  76. file name The name given to a group or series of related documents contained in a physical file folder A specific electronic document or record name
  77. File Name Anomaly 1) A mismatch between the internal file header and its external extension; 2) A file name inconsistent with the content of the file (e.g.
  78. file name extension A suffix that is preceded by a decimal (".") and that is appended to a computer file name. Note: Common filename extensions with their meanings are: .
  79. file other class The property of a file indicating access permissions for a process related to the process' user and group identification.
  80. file plan A classification scheme describing different types of files maintained in an office, how they are identified, where they should be stored, how they should…
  81. file privilege attribute A per-file privilege value that specifies global behavior for all privileges defined in the implementation [POSIX.6].
  82. file privilege flag A per-privilege attribute of a file that is used during exec() processing in computing the privileges of any process executing that file [POSIX.6].
  83. file privilege state A state variable that identifies a value for all defined file privilege flags for all privileges defined in an implementation and a value for all file…
  84. file protection The execution of appropriate administrative, technical, or physical means to guard against the unauthorized access to, modification of, or deletion of a…
  85. file recovery restoration of electronic documents, records, and/or files that have been corrupted, lost, or destroyed, utilizing backups
  86. file security [A] means by which access to computer files is limited to authorized users only. [INFOSEC-99]
  87. File Server When several or many computers are networked together in a LAN situation, one computer may be utilized as a storage location for files for the group.
  88. file share witness A new type of Majority Node Set (MNS) quorum in Windows Server 2003. In Exchange Server 2007, cluster continuous replication (CCR) uses the MNS quorum…
  89. File Sharing The ability for computer systems networked together to share files that are stored on the file server.
  90. File Signature Within the file, the file signature is the information about the true program-related origin of the file and, therefore, its type.
  91. file site Synonym FTP archive.
  92. File Slack The unused space on a cluster that exists when the logical file space is less than the physical file space.
  93. File Slack Space File slack potentially contains randomly selected bytes of data from computer memory because DOS/Windows normally writes in 512 byte blocks called sectors.
  94. File System The engine that an operating system or program uses to organize and kept track of files.
  95. File System Metadata Data that can be obtained or extracted about a file from the file system storing the file.
  96. file test operator A built-in unary operator that you use to determine whether something is "true" about a file, such as -o $filename to test whether you're the owner of the…
  97. file transfer Moving named files from one computer or network to another
  98. File Transfer Protocol The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) defines a standard set of rules that make it possible to transfer a file from one file system to another.
  99. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) A method of data transfer that can take place between Frame Relay Networks, and Workstations.
  100. file transfer, access, and management (FTAM) An application's service and protocol based on the concept of virtual file store.