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- F Sharp (programming language)Microsoft programming language
- F Sharp Software FoundationThe F# Software Foundation (FSSF) is a non-profit organization devoted to the F# programmi
- F-14 CADCEarly flight control computer using MOS
- F-logicOntology language
- F16CThe F16C (previously/informally known as CVT16) instruction set is an x86 instruction set
- Fabless manufacturingOutsourced fabrication of semiconductors
- Facebook malwareMalware incidents and responses on Facebook
- Facebook ZeroInitiative by Facebook
- Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal2010s social media data misuse
- FaceTimeApple videotelephony service
- Facial codingProcess for analyzing facial expressions
- Facial recognition systemTechnology capable of matching a face from an image against a database of faces
- Factory (object-oriented programming)In object-oriented programming, a factory is an object for creating other objects; formall
- Factory method patternObject-oriented software design pattern
- Factory resetRestoring the software of an electronic device to its original state
- FadingTerm in wireless communications
- Fagin's theoremExistential second order logic captures NP
- Fail2banIntrusion prevention software framework
- Fair queuingScheduling algorithm for sharing of limited resources
- Fairchild SemiconductorAmerican integrated circuit manufacturer
- Fairness (machine learning)Measurement of algorithmic bias
- Fairphone 1Smartphone designed and manufactured by Fairphone
- Fairview (surveillance program)Domestic spying partnership between AT&T and the NSA
- Fairy-MaxFairy-Max is a free and open source chess engine which can play orthodox chess as well as
- Fake newsFalse information presented as news
- Fake news in IndiaFake news and similar false information (misinformation or disinformation) is fostered and
- Fake news in the United StatesFalse information (known as "fake news") in the United States has been a subject of discus
- Fake news websites in the United StatesFake news websites target United States audiences by using disinformation to create or inf
- Falcon NorthwestAmerican custom PC assembler
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy ActThe Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA or the Buckley Amendment) is
- Fan-outDigital electronic term
- Fancy BearRussian state-sponsored cyber espionage group
- FAQA frequently asked questions (FAQ) list is often used in articles, websites, email lists,
- Faraday cageEnclosure of conductive mesh used to block electric fields
- Farida ShaheedFarida Shaheed is a Pakistani sociologist and feminist human rights activist. In 2012, she
- Faro shuffleThe faro shuffle (American), weave shuffle (British), or dovetail shuffle is a method of s
- Farthest-first traversalSequence of points far from previous points
- Fast EthernetEthernet standards that carry data at the nominal rate of 100 Mbit/s
- Fast fluxDNS evasion technique against origin server fingerprinting
- Fast multipole methodNumerical technique
- FastAPIWeb framework for Python
- FastTextfastText is a library for learning of word embeddings and text classification created by F
- Fat treeUniversal network for provably efficient communication
- Fault toleranceResilience of systems to component failures or errors
- FaviconIcon associated with a particular web site
- FaxMethod of transmitting images, often of documents
- FDIC Enterprise Architecture FrameworkThe FDIC Enterprise Architecture Framework (FDIC EAF) was an enterprise architecture frame
- Fe FETType of field-effect transistor
- FEALBlock cipher
- Feature phoneBasic type of mobile phone
- Feature-driven developmentSoftware development process
- Features new to Windows 7Overview of the features newly introduced in the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system
- Federal Communications CommissionU.S. government agency
- Federal Communications Commission Open Internet Order (2010)Set of regulations
- Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002United States federal law
- Federal Intelligence ServiceForeign intelligence agency of Germany
- Federal jurisdiction (United States)Legal scope of the powers of the U.S. federal government
- Federal Ministry of Post and TelecommunicationsGerman federal ministry
- Federal Office for Information SecurityGerman federal agency
- Federal Trade CommissionUnited States government agency
- Federated identityIdentity assurance in IT systems
- Federated VoIPForm of telephony
- Fedor FominFedor V. Fomin (born March 16, 1968) is a professor of Computer Science at the University
- Feed (Facebook)Feature of the social network Facebook
- Feedback loop (email)Process of forwarding user complaints to senders
- Feedback with Carry Shift RegistersIn sequence design, a Feedback with Carry Shift Register (or FCSR) is the arithmetic or wi
- Feedforward neural networkType of artificial neural network
- Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification schemeIn cryptography, the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme is a type of parallel zero-kn
- Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and TechnologyFellow of the UK Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET) is the highest grade of
- Fermat primality testThe Fermat primality test is a probabilistic test to determine whether a number is a proba
- FERMIACEarly computer
- Ferranti Mark 1First commercial electronic computer
- Ferrite beadA ferrite bead – also called a ferrite block, ferrite core, ferrite ring, EMI filter, or f
- Ferroelectric RAMNovel type of computer memory
- Few-shot learningMachine learning paradigm using minimal training data
- Fiber Distributed Data InterfaceStandard for data transmission in a local area network
- Fiber to the xBroadband network architecture term
- Fiber-optic communicationTransmitting information over optical fiber
- Fiber-optic patch cordShort fiber-optic cable with connectors at either end
- Fibonacci heapData structure for priority queue operations
- Fibre Channel over EthernetComputer network technology
- Fibre-optic Link Around the GlobeRCOM-run US-Europe-Japan telecommunications network
- Fibrecity HoldingsFibrecity Holdings was formerly owned by i3 Group and was acquired in a Management buyout
- Field (computer science)Variable in a record
- Field-effect transistorType of transistor
- Field-programmable gate arrayArray of logic gates that are reprogrammable
- FIFO (computing and electronics)Scheduling algorithm, the first piece of data inserted into a queue is processed first
- FIFO (electronic)In digital electronics, a FIFO (acronym for first-in, first-out) is a digital circuit that
- Fight for the FutureFight for the Future (often abbreviated fightfortheftr or FFTF) is a nonprofit advocacy gr
- File Allocation TableFile system used by MS-DOS and Windows 9x
- File associationAssignment of a file type to an application
- File CompareIn computing, fc (File Compare) is a command-line program in DOS, IBM OS/2 and Microsoft W
- File comparisonDiff and merge files on computers
- File copyingAct of creating a new computer file with content matching an exiting file
- File deletionRemoval of a file from a computer's file system
- File descriptorSystem resource identifier in operating systems
- File ExplorerMicrosoft Windows file manager application
- File formatStructure of information stored on a computer
- File inclusion vulnerabilityType of web vulnerability
- File lockingComputer mechanism
- File Retrieval and Editing SystemHypertext system
- File serverComputer that provides file systems in a computer network
- File sharingDistributing or providing access to digital media
- File synchronizationFile synchronization (or syncing) in computing is the process of ensuring that computer fi
- File system fragmentationStorage of a file in non-contiguous blocks
- File Transfer ProtocolStandard protocol for transferring files over TCP/IP networks
- File-hosting serviceInternet hosting service for user files
- File-system permissionsTechnology for controlling access to file system items
- FileMakerDatabase management system
- FilenameText string used to uniquely identify a computer file
- Filename extensionFilename suffix indicating file type
- Filesystem-level encryptionMethod of data encryption
- FileVaultApple disk encryption software
- Film capacitorElectrical capacitor with an insulating plastic film as the dielectric
- Film frameStill image frame of moving picture
- Filter bubbleIntellectual isolation through internet algorithms
- FIN7Criminal hacking organization
- FinalizerIn programming, a special method executed during object destruction
- Financial cryptographyFinancial cryptography is the use of cryptography in applications in which financial loss
- Financial Information eXchangeElectronic communications protocol
- Financial technologySubset of technologies used in finance
- Financial technology in IndiaFinancial technology (also called FinTech) is an industry composed of companies that use t
- FinFisherSurveillance software
- Fingerprint (computing)Digital identifier derived from the data by an algorithm
- FIPS 140U.S. government cryptographic standard
- FIPS 140-2U.S. government cryptographic standard
- Fire controlFire control is the practice of reducing the heat output of a fire, reducing the area over
- Fire investigationAnalysis of fire-related incidents
- Fire OSAndroid-based operating system for Amazon devices
- Fire-control systemRanged weapon assistance system
- Firebird (database server)Relational database management system
- FirefoxWeb browser made by Mozilla
- Firefox for AndroidAndroid web browser by Mozilla
- Firefox SyncFirefox Sync, originally branded Mozilla Weave, is a browser synchronization feature for F
- Firefox version historyFirefox was created by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross as an experimental branch of the Mozilla
- FireMonkeyFireMonkey (abbreviated FMX) is a cross-platform GUI framework developed by Embarcadero Te
- Firewall (computing)Software or hardware-based network security system
- FireWireSerial bus interface standard
- FirmwareLow-level computer software
- First Amendment to the United States Constitution1791 amendment limiting government restriction of civil liberties
- First International Conference on the World-Wide Web1994 Conference held at CERN, Geneva
- First long-distance telephone lineHistoric site in French Corral, California
- First transcontinental telegraphFirst telegraph line between the eastern and western United States, completed in 1861
- First-class citizenConcept in programming language design
- First-class functionProgramming language feature
- FISA Improvements ActThe FISA Improvements Act is a proposed act by Senator Dianne Feinstein, Chair of the Sena
- FISA of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008United States law
- Fish (cryptography)Fish (sometimes capitalised as FISH) was the UK's GC&CS Bletchley Park codename for any of
- Fisher–Yates shuffleAlgorithm for shuffling a finite sequence
- Fitness trackerDevice or application for monitoring fitness
- Five EyesAnglosphere intelligence alliance
- Five-minute ruleRule of thumb in computing
- Fixed ropeTechnique in mountaineering
- Fixed wirelessFixed wireless is the operation of wireless communication devices or systems used to conne
- Fixed-point arithmeticComputer format for representing real numbers
- Fixed-point combinatorHigher-order function which returns some fixed point of the input function
- Fixed–mobile convergenceFixed–mobile convergence (FMC) is an approach to telecommunications that uses a combinatio
- FLACLossless digital audio coding format
- Flag semaphoreSystem to transmit information by hand
- Flame (malware)Modular computer malware discovered in 2012
- FlangingFlanging is an audio effect produced by mixing two identical signals together, one signal
- Flash Core ModuleIBM data storage technology that uses PCI Express and NVMe
- Flash memoryElectronic non-volatile computer storage device
- Flash VideoContainer file format family
- FlashGetFlashGet (formerly JetCar, from the literal translation of the Chinese name 快车; Kuàichē) w
- FlashsortO(n) sorting algorithm
- Flask (web framework)Python web framework
- Flat designMinimalist design style for user interfaces and objects
- Flexible manufacturing systemType of manufacturing system
- FlexOSFlexOS is a discontinued modular real-time multiuser multitasking operating system (RTOS)
- Flip-flop (electronics)Electronic circuit with two stable states
- Floating point operations per secondMeasure of computer performance
- Floating-gate MOSFETType of MOSFET where the gate is electrically isolated
- Floating-point arithmeticComputer approximation for real numbers
- Floating-point unitPart of a computer system
- Floor planArchitectural drawing showing interior layout of a building
- Floppy diskRemovable disk storage medium
- FloraliaThe Floralia was a festival of ancient Roman religion in honor of the goddess Flora, held
- Flow control (data)Data transmission rate management
- FLOW-MATICFirst English-like data processing language
- Flow-sensitive typingIn programming language theory, flow-sensitive typing (also called flow typing or occurren
- FlowchartDiagram that represents a workflow or process
- Flynn's taxonomyClassification of computer architectures
- FM broadcastingRadio transmission of audio by frequency modulation
- Fog computingArchitecture that uses edge devices
- Fold (higher-order function)Family of higher-order functions
- Foldable smartphoneSmartphone form factor
- FontParticular size, weight and style of a typeface
- Font BookFont Book is a font manager by Apple Inc. for its macOS operating system. It was first rel
- Font family (HTML)CSS property in HTML
- Font rasterizationFont rasterization is the process of converting text from a vector description (as found i
- FontForgeFontForge is a FOSS font editor which supports many common font formats. Developed primari
- FontLabFont editor
- FoobarPlaceholder variables in programming
- Force v. Facebook, Inc.Force v. Facebook, Inc., 934 F.3d 53 (2nd Cir. 2019) was a 2019 decision by the US Second
- Foreign electoral interventionInterventions by foreign governments in elections
- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act1978 United States federal law
- Foreign interference in the 2024 United States electionsSeveral nations interfered in the 2024 United States elections. U.S. intelligence agencies
- Foreign keyConcept in database systems
- Forensic artsArt used in law enforcement or legal proceedings
- Forensic biologyForensic application of the study of biology
- Forensic colorimetryColor analysis technique
- Forensic dentistryAspect of criminal investigation
- Forensic electrical engineeringForensic electrical engineering is a branch of forensic engineering, and is concerned with
- Forensic epidemiologyThe discipline of forensic epidemiology (FE) is a hybrid of principles and practices commo
- Forensic facial reconstructionRecreating faces from skeletal remains
- Forensic firearm examinationAnalysis of firearms and bullets for presentation as legal evidence
- Forensic footwear evidenceCrime scene analysis
- Forensic limnologyForensic limnology is a sub-field of freshwater ecology, which focuses especially on the p
- Forensic materials engineeringBranch of forensic engineering
- Forensic palynologyForensic application of the study of particulate matter
- Forensic pathologyMedical speciality
- Forensic photographyArt of producing an accurate reproduction of a crime scene
- Forensic podiatryForensic podiatry is a subdiscipline of forensic science in which specialized podiatric kn
- Forensic polymer engineeringStudy of failure in polymeric products
- Forensic profilingStudy of trace evidence in criminal investigations
- Forensic psychotherapyPsychological treatment of violent offenders
- Forensic social workSocial work as applied to the law
- Forensic statisticsForensic statistics is the application of probability models and statistical techniques to
- Forensic toxicologyUse of toxicology for investigations
- Fork (blockchain)Event in a blockchain
- Fork (software development)Independent software derived from existing software
- Fork–join modelWay of setting up and executing parallel computer programs
- Form (computer virus)Computer virus
- Form factor (design)Aspect of hardware design
- Form factor (mobile phones)Phone's size, shape and style
- Formal methodsMathematical program specifications
- Formal specificationAspect of computer science
- Formal verificationProving or disproving the correctness of certain intended algorithms
- Format-preserving encryptionMethod in cryptography
- Formatted textText which includes styling information
- Fort MeadeUnited States Army installation
- Forth (programming language)Stack-based programming language
- Fortify SoftwareFortify Software, later known as Fortify Inc., is a California-based software security ven
- FortranGeneral-purpose programming language
- Fortress (programming language)Fortress is a discontinued experimental programming language for high-performance computin
- Fortuna (PRNG)Pseudorandom number generator
- Forum of Incident Response and Security TeamsEngineering societies based in the United States
- Forum spamForum spam consists of posts on Internet forums that contains related or unrelated adverti
- Forward chainingInference engine in an expert system
- Forward secrecyPractice in cryptography
- Forwarding (object-oriented programming)In object-oriented programming, forwarding means that using a member of an object (either
- Forwarding information baseDynamic table that maps network addresses to ports
- FOSS.INFOSS.IN, previously known as Linux Bangalore, was an annual free and open source software
- FOSTA-SESTAUS communications/sex trafficking bills
- Foster Care Independence ActThe Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–16
- Foundation for Intelligent Physical AgentsThe Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents (FIPA) is a body for developing and setting
- Foveated imagingDigital image processing technique
- Fractal antennaAntenna with a fractal shape
- FractographyStudy of the fracture surfaces of materials
- Fragmentation (computing)Inefficient use of storage space
- Frame (artificial intelligence)Artificial intelligence data structure
- Frame (networking)Data transmission unit
- Frame (World Wide Web)Conflation of multiple HTML elements for web-page display
- Frame problemIssue in artificial intelligence and categorical algebra
- Frame rateNumber of frames rendered in one second
- Frame RelayWide area network technology
- François VernadatFrench and Canadian computer scientist (born 1954)
- FREAKSecurity exploit
- Fred BrooksAmerican computer scientist (1931–2022)
- Free and open-source softwareFreely licensed software with open code
- Free Java implementationsFree Java implementations are software projects that implement Oracle's Java technologies
- Free softwareSoftware licensed to be freely used, modified and distributed
- Free software movementSocial movement
- Free-netType of community-based online service
- Free-software licenseLicense allowing software modification and redistribution
- FreeBSDFree and open-source Unix-like operating system
- Freedesktop.orgOpen-source desktop environment software project
- Freedom HouseAmerican nonprofit organization
- Freedom of speech by countryFreedom of speech is the concept of the inherent human right to voice one's opinion public
- Freedom Online CoalitionInternational internet freedom organization
- FreedomPopAmerican wireless Internet and mobile virtual network operator
- FreeDOSOpen source clone of MS-DOS
- FreemiumFree product where the extras require payment
- FreeMoveThe FreeMove alliance is a business alliance of mobile telecommunications companies based
- FreewareSoftware distributed and used at no cost, with other rights still reserved
- French Institute for Research in Computer Science and AutomationFrench research institution for computer science
- FrenchelonFrench signals intelligence system
- Frequency analysisStudy of the frequency of letters or groups of letters in a ciphertext
- Frequency mixerCircuit that creates new frequencies from two signals
- Frequency modulationElectronic method of transmitting information with a carrier wave
- Frequency offsetIntentional frequency shift in broadcasting
- Frequency-division multiple accessFrequency-division multiple access (FDMA) is a channel access method used in some multiple
- Frequency-division multiplexingIn telecommunications, frequency-division multiplexing (FDM) is a technique by which the t
- Frequency-hopping spread spectrumRadio signal transmission method
- Frequency-shift keyingData communications modulation protocol
- Friedrich L. BauerGerman computer scientist
- Friendly artificial intelligenceAI to benefit humanity
- Front controllerThe front controller software design pattern is listed in several pattern catalogs and is
- Front end and back endPresentation and data management in software systems
- Front-end web developmentGraphical user interface development
- Front-side busType of computer communication interface
- Fruit (software)Fruit is a chess engine developed by Fabien Letouzey. In the SSDF rating list released on
- FTC v. MetaUnited States ongoing antitrust court case
- Fuchsia (operating system)Operating system by Google
- FUDforumFUDforum is a free and open-source Internet forum software, originally produced by Advance
- Fujitsu Technology SolutionsMunich-based information technology vendor
- Full disclosure (computer security)Policy in computer security
- Fully qualified domain nameType of Internet domain name
- Function (computer programming)Sequence of program instructions invokable by other software
- Function applicationEvaluation of a function on its argument
- Function composition (computer science)Programming mechanism
- Function pointerA function pointer, also called a subroutine pointer or procedure pointer, is a pointer re
- Function typeIn computer science and mathematical logic, a function type (or arrow type or exponential)
- Function-level programmingIn computer science, function-level programming refers to one of the two contrasting progr
- Functional encryptionFunctional encryption (FE) is a generalization of public-key encryption in which possessin
- FundraisingProcess of gathering donations
- Fusion treeIn computer science, a fusion tree is a type of tree data structure that implements an ass
- FutarchyProposed form of government
- Future of Go SummitThe Future of Go Summit (Chinese: 中国乌镇围棋峰会) was held in May 2017 by the Chinese Go Associa
- Future of mathematicsThe progression of both the nature of mathematics and individual mathematical problems int
- Future of space explorationOverview of space exploration in the future
- Future workshopThe future workshop is a futures technique developed by Robert Jungk, Ruediger Lutz and No
- Future-oriented technology analysisFutures studies term
- Future-proofPlanning and building for time to come
- Futures and promisesComputer science constructs
- Futures techniquesFutures studies lessons learned methods
- Fuzzy clusteringType of clustering of data points