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File Allocation Table. It is a file system structure utilized by MS-DOS for organizing and tracking file storage.</P> <A NAME = "faq"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FAQ</B> - Refers to Frequently Asked Questions. </P> <A NAME = "fax"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FAX</B> - Is a facsimile or a facsimile device. </P> <A NAME = "fcc"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FCC</B> - Is the Federal Communications Commission.</P> <A NAME = "fdf"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FDF</B> - Is a Flight Dynamics Facility. </P> <A NAME = "fdma"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FDMA</B> - Refers to <A HREF = "frequency_division_multiple_access">Frequency Division Multiple Access</A>. </P> <A NAME = "financial_glossary"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>Financial Glossary</B> - Go to Barkley's OASIS® Comprehensive Financial Glossary <A HREF = "http://www.oasismanagement.com/glossary/">Financial, Investing, Portfolio and Risk Management Terms</A>.</P> <A NAME = "flash_memory"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>Flash Memory</B> - Refers to a type of EEPROM chip that can be reprogrammed. This reprogramming is often executed from a utility program.</P> <A NAME = "flip_flops"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>Flip-Flops</B> - Refer to switches each capable of storing a bit of information. </P> <A NAME = "float"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>Float</B> - Is a floating point number. </P> <A NAME = "floor"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>floor or floor()</B> - Is a function that rounds data down. </P> <A NAME = "flops"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FLOPS</B> - Refers to floating point opperations per second. </P> <A NAME = "fm"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FM</B> - Refers to Frequency Modulation. </P> <A NAME = "foia"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FOIA</B> - Refers to the Freedom of Information Act. </P> <A NAME = "fom"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FOM</B> - Is a Flight Operations Manager. </P> <A NAME = "foriegn_Exchange_application_program_interface"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>Foriegn Exchange Application Program Interface™</B> - Is a set of commands and functions that allow programmers to integrate live currency exchange rates into their programs. </P> <A NAME = "formats"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FORMATS</B> - Is a <A HREF="#fdf">FDF</A> Orbital and Mission Aids Transformation System. </P> <A NAME = "fot"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FOT</B> - Is a Flight Operations Team. </P> <A NAME = "fpp"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FPU</B> - Is a Floating Point Processor. </P> <A NAME = "fps"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FPS or fps</B> - Refers to <A HREF="#frames_per_second">frames per second</A>. </P> <A NAME = "fpu"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FPU</B> - Is a Floating Point Unit. </P> <A NAME = "fortran"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FORTRAN</B> - Refers to the Formula Translation Language where problems are expressed in algabraic notation. </P> <A NAME = "fot"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FOT</B> - Is a Flight Operations Team. </P> <A NAME = "frames"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>Frames</B> - Refers to the partitioning of a site's page into two or more viewable segments. These framed segments can be independently viewed or scrolled. </P> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The underlying structure of a packet that is delivered across a network. Frame headers typically store information suchs as the source and destination of the encapsulated data. </P> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Frames may also refer to structure of data stored in memory or a single still from a movie or animation. </P> <A NAME = "frames_per_second"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>Frames Per Second</B> - is a measurement used to convey the speed of a video or motion picture. FPS is often used to measure the smoothness of real time rendered computer graphics, a higher frame rate is associated with higher quality. Higher frame rates require more bandwith for pre-rendered graphics. </P> <A NAME = "frequency_division_multiple_access"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>Frequency Division Multiple Access</B> - Refers to an access technique for a network where nodes connected to the same channel can pass multiple signals simultaneously through the process of frequency band discrimination. Satellites and their ground stations commonly use this protocol. </P> <A NAME = "fsk"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FSK</B> - Refers to Frequency-shift Keying. </P> <A NAME = "fsw"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FSW</B> - Is a Flight Software. </P> <A NAME = "ftp"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FTP</B> - Refers to File Transfer Protocol. </P> <A NAME = "function_member"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>function member</B> - See <A HREF="#member_function">member function</A>. </P> <A NAME = "fuzzy_logic"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>Fuzzy Logic</B> - Refers to a computational approach where answers are expressed as probabilities or percentages of truth. As opposed to boolean logic where answers or true or false. </P> <A NAME = "fxapi"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FXAPI™</B> - The <A HREF="#foriegn_exchange_application_program_interface">Foriegn Exchange Application Program Interface</A>. </P> <A NAME = "fyi"></A> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>FYI</B> - Is For Your Information. </P> <FONT size =2> <center> | <A HREF = "/mission.html">Our Mission </a> | <A HREF = "/aboutb.html">About Barkley International Inc.</a> | <A HREF = "/contactc.html">Contacting Us</a> | <br> | <A HREF = "/index.html">OASIS® Home</a> | </center> </center> <hr size="2" noshade> <FONT size="-2"><ADDRESS>Copyright © 1998-2000 Barkley International Inc. All Rights Reserved. - Page created Tuesday, May 19, 1998 by Oasis Management®. Last Modified on Saturday, July 31, 2010.</a> </FONT></ADDRESS> </TD></TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> </TR></TD></TABLE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>