Computer Abbreviations—F

Computer Abbreviations—F

F

FAP: FORTRAN Assembly Program

FASM: Flat ASseMbler

FAT: File Allocation Table

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions

FBDIMM: Fully Buffered Dual Inline Memory Module

FC-AL: Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop

FCB: File Control Block

FCS: Frame Check Sequence

FDC: Floppy Disk Controller

FDS: Fedora Directory Server

FDD: Frequency-Division Duplexing

FDD : Floppy Disk Drive

FDDI: Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FDM: Frequency-Division Multiplexing

FDMA: Frequency-Division Multiple Access

FEC: Forward Error Correction

FEMB: Front-End Motherboard

FET: Field Effect Transistor

FHS: Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

FICON: FIber CONnectivity

FIFO: First In First Out

FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standards

FL: Function Level

FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec

FLOPS: FLoating-Point Operations Per Second

FLOSS: Free/Libre/Open Source Software

FMC: Fixed Mobile Convergence “Mobile UC or Unified Communications over Wireless”

FOLDOC: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

FOSDEM: Free and Open source Software Developers’ European Meeting

FOSI: Formatted Output Specification Instance

FOSS: Free and Open Source Software

FP: Function Programming

FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Array

FPS: Floating Point Systems

FPU: Floating Point Unit

FRU: Field Replaceable Unit

FS: File System

FSB: Front Side Bus

fsck: File System Check

FSF: Free Software Foundation

FSM: Finite State Machine

FTTA: Fiber To The Antenna

FTTC: Fiber To The Curb

FTTH: Fiber To The Home

FTTP: Fiber To The Premises

FTP: File Transfer Protocol

FQDN: Fully Qualified Domain Name

FUD: Fear Uncertainty Doubt

FWS: Folding White Space

FXP: File eXchange Protocol

FYI: For Your Information
FVEK: Full Volume Encryption Key