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Finger
An Internet software tool for locating people on other Internet sites. Finger is also sometimes used to give access to non-personal information, but the most common use is to see if a person has an account at a particular Internet site. Many sites do not allow incoming Finger requests, but many do.
Finger
A Unix program used to display information about users of the system. Can be used remotely.
Fire Wall
A combination of hardware and software that separates a LAN into two or more parts for security purposes.
Firewall
A security system that prohibts unauthorized access to a network.
Firewall
Firewall refers to either software-only or separate software and hardware combination that serves to protect an internal network or a computer from attacks and unauthorized access by sitting between the Internet and the internal network.
Free Web Hosting
Web hosting offered without monetary cost.
FrontPage Extensions
A set of server add-ons scripts and programs that enable the special functions of Microsoft FrontPage.
FrontPage Hosting
A web hosting plan that supports FrontPage, a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) website building tool from Microsoft.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol, protocol used to transfer files over the Internet.
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