Finger
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
A protocol to lookup user information on a given host. A Unix program that takes an e-mail address as input and returns information about the user who owns that e-mail address. On some systems, finger only reports whether the user is currently logged on. Other systems return additional information, such as the user's full name, address, and telephone number. Of course, the user must first enter this information into the system. Many e-mail programs now have a finger utility built into them.
polysemousSANS Glossary of Security Terms
Senses
Wordset Dictionary
one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb
Wordset Dictionary
any of the terminal members of the hand, sometimes excepting the thumb
Wordset Dictionary
the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
Classifications
Entity Type
Network0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
—60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
—72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- synonym
- digitfinger's breadthfingerbreadth
- plural
- Fingers
- possessive
- Finger's
- pluralpossessive
- Fingers'