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1. FAQ (Score: 0)
   Frequently Asked Questions (List). A list of questions often posted to a newsgroup, mailing list or on a Web site that p...
2. fault (Score: 0)
   An exception that occurs before the instruction is executed (e.g., page faults).
3. FHS (Score: 0)
   Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. A set of requirements and guidelines for file and directory locations under UNIX-like...
4. field separator (Score: 0)
   A special character used to delimit fields within a file or input.
5. file (Score: 0)
   A named collection of information stored on a hard disk, floppy or other media. Although a file is normally considered...
6. file creation mask (Score: 0)
   A mask that controls the permissions assigned to new files as they are create. Also umask.
7. file descriptor (Score: 0)
   A number associated with an open file. This is used to refer to file during I/O operations.
8. file permissions (Score: 0)
   The access permissions on a specific file.
9. file table (Score: 0)
   A table internal to the kernel that maintains the relationship between the file descriptors and the physical file on t...
10. filesystem (Score: 0)
    A hierarchical organization of directories and files.
11. Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (Score: 1)
    FHS. A set of requirements and guidelines for file and directory locations under UNIX-like operating systems.
12. filter (Score: 0)
    The process of changing the content of data between the source and destination.
13. first level cache (Score: 0)
    The cache contained with the CPU. flags See command options.
14. floppy disk (Score: 0)
    A removable, magnetic storage media made in part of soft plastic which makes it non rigid, or 'floppy'.
15. floppy drive (Score: 0)
    The physical device used to access floppy disks.
16. flow control (Score: 0)
    The process by which data transfer is regulated so that it does not arrive too quickly for the receiving process.
17. focus (Score: 0)
    The term used to describe the active window, to which key put and other input is sent. A window is said to 'have the f...
18. foreground (Score: 0)
    A process is said to be in the foreground when it is interacting with the user.
19. fork (Score: 0)
    The process and system call by which new processes are created.
20. format (Score: 0)
    The structure of an object that determines how the data is stored.
21. forward slash (Score: 0)
    Slash that goes from the upper right to lower left (/). Also called an ascending slash. Used as the path separator.
22. forwarder (Score: 0)
    A name server that forwards requests to another name server.
23. FQDN (Score: 0)
    Fully Qualified Domain Name. Machine name containing both the host name and the domain name. This name is used to uniq...
24. fragmentation (Score: 0)
    When parts of a file are spread out across different parts of a hard disk. Although the term is also used to refer to ...
25. Free Software Foundation (Score: 0)
    FSF. An organisation whose goal is the creation and dissemination of free software.
26. freelist (Score: 0)
    A linked list of unallocated (free) data structures.
27. FSF (Score: 0)
    Free Software Foundation. An organisation whose goal is the creation and dissemination of free software.
28. ftp (Score: 0)
    The file transfer protocol or the file transfer program that allows you to copy files to and from a remote computer ...
29. full path (Score: 0)
    A pathname for a file or directory beginning at the root directory and including the leading slash (/).