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Federal Information SystemnounMWEAn information system used or operated by an executive agency, by a contractor of an executive agency, or by another organization on behalf of an executive agency. [23]verified
Federal Information Systems Security Educators’ AssociationnounMWEAn organization whose members come from federal agencies, industry, and academic institutions devoted to improving the IT security awareness and knowledge within the federal government and its related external workforce.verified
Federal Job Safety LawnounMWEa law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employmentverified
federal policynounMWENo definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.verified
Federal Public Key Infrastructure Policy AuthoritynounMWEThe Federal PKI Policy Authority is a federal government body responsible for setting, implementing, and administering policy decisions regarding interagency PKI interoperability that uses the FBCA.verified
Federal Reserve BanksnounMWEThe Federal Reserve Banks provide a variety of financial services including retail and wholesale payments. The Federal Reserve Bank operates a nationwide system for clearing and settling checks drawn on depository institutions located in all regions of the United States.verified
federal securities lawnounMWEConsists of a handful of laws passed between 1933 and 1940, as well as legislation enacted in 1970. The federal laws stem from Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce. Therefore the laws are generally limited to transactions involving transportation or communication using interstate commerce or the mail.verified
Federal Tax LiennounMWElien of the United States on all property of a taxpayer who fails to pay the federal government the taxes for which he or she is liableverified
Federated LearningnounMWEAn approach to machine learning which addresses problems of data governance and privacy by training algorithms collaboratively without transferring the data to a central location. Each federated device trains on data locally and shares its local model parameters instead of sharing the training data. Different federated learning systems have different topologies that involve different ways of sharing parameters.verified
Fedwire Funds ServicenounMWEThe Federal Reserve Banks' high-speed electronic funds transfer system. As a real-time gross settlement system, the Fedwire® Funds Service processes and settles individual payments between participants immediately in central bank money. Once processed, these payments are final.verified
Fedwire Securities ServicenounMWEThe Federal Reserve Banks' high-speed electronic payments system for maintaining securities accounts and for effecting securities transfers. The Fedwire® Securities Service provides a real-time, delivery-versus-payment (DVP), gross settlement system that allows for the immediate, simultaneous transfer of securities against payment. Once processed, securities transfers are final.verified
Feedback CircuitnounMWEa circuit that feeds back some of the output to the input of a systemverified
Feedback LoopnounMWEdescribes the process of leveraging the output of an AI system and corresponding end-user actions in order to retrain and improve models over time. The AI-generated output (predictions or recommendations) are compared against the final decision (for example, to perform work or not) and provides feedback to the model, allowing it to learn from its mistakes.verified
Feeder LinenounMWEa branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline)verified
Feeling of MovementnounMWEthe perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etcverified
Felled SeamnounMWEseam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edgesverified
Fellow FeelingnounMWEsharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)verified
Fellow MembernounMWEone of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)verified
Fellow TravellernounMWEsympathetic non-member of a political party, often the Communist Partyverified
Felt FungusnounMWEfungus that frequently encircles twigs and branches of various trees especially citrus trees in southern United Statesverified
Female ParentnounMWEa woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)verified
Femoral NervenounMWEone of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thighverified
Fen OrchidnounMWEsmall terrestrial orchid of eastern North America and Europe having two nearly basal leaves and dull yellow-green racemose flowersverified
Fen OrchisnounMWEsmall terrestrial orchid of eastern North America and Europe having two nearly basal leaves and dull yellow-green racemose flowersverified
Fence LizardnounMWEspiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexicoverified
Feng ShuinounMWErules in Chinese philosophy that govern spatial arrangement and orientation in relation to patterns of yin and yang and the flow of energy (qi)verified