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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
File Allocation TablenounMWEthe part of a floppy disk or hard disk where information is stored about the location of each piece of information on the disk (and about the location of unusable areas of the disk)verified
File EncryptionnounMWEThe process of encrypting individual files on a storage medium and permitting access to the encrypted data only after proper authentication is provided.verified
File NamenounMWE(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other filesverified
File Name AnomalynounMWE1. A mismatch between the internal file header and its external extension; or 2. A file name inconsistent with the content of the file (e.g., renaming a graphics file with a non-graphical extension.verified
File ProtectionnounMWEAggregate of processes and procedures designed to inhibit unauthorized access, contamination, elimination, modification, or destruction of a file or any of its contents.verified
File SecuritynounMWEMeans by which access to computer files is limited to authorized users only.verified
File ServernounMWE(computer science) a digital computer that provides workstations on a network with controlled access to shared resourcesverified
File Transfer ProtocolnounMWEA protocol used to transfer files over a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network (Internet, UNIX, etc.)verified
File transfer protocol (FTP)nounMWEA standard high-level protocol for transferring files from one computer to another, usually implemented as an application level program.verified
Filename ExtensionnounMWEa string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more lettersverified
Filet De Boeuf En CroutenounMWErare-roasted beef tenderloin coated with mushroom paste in puff pastryverified
Fill DevicenounMWECOMSEC item used to transfer or store key in electronic form or to insert key into cryptographic equipment.verified
Fille De ChambrenounMWEa maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)verified
Film EditingnounMWEthe activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a filmverified
Film FernnounMWEany fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leavesverified
Film FestivalnounMWEa cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year)verified
Film IndustrynounMWEthe entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing moviesverified
Film NoirnounMWEa movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical charactersverified
Film ProjectornounMWEprojects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving picturesverified
Filmy FernnounMWEany fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leavesverified
filtering and inspection mechanismnounMWEA collective label for the hardware, firmware, and software components deployed at trust boundaries — such as firewalls, gateways, routers, and proxy devices — whose joint function is to examine data in transit and either permit or block its passage based on policy rules. These components enforce information flow control policies by operating in boundary protection devices that use rule sets or configuration settings to restrict services, filter packets by header information, or filter messages by content. In practice the field uses the phrase to direct attention to the *trustworthiness* of these components — the hardware, firmware, and software of which they are composed — because their integrity is critical to information flow enforcement. The expression covers the full stack of interoperable controls (packet filters, deep-packet-inspection engines, content scanners, etc.) treated as a single assurance object rather than any one discrete product.verified
Filtering RouternounMWEAn inter-network router that selectively prevents the passage of data packets according to a security policy. A filtering router may be used as a firewall or part of a firewall. A router usually receives a packet from a network and decides where to forward it on a second network. A filtering router does the same, but first decides whether the packet should be forwarded at all, according to some security policy. The policy is implemented by rules (packet filters) loaded into the router.verified
filtering rulenounMWEA policy-enforcement construct used in network security devices—routers, firewalls, and analogous boundary-protection components—that specifies a set of match conditions (such as source and destination address, protocol, and port) paired with a disposition (permit or deny) to be applied to traffic meeting those conditions. To apply a filtering process, a device is configured with a set of filtering rules, where each rule specifies a decision (e.g., accept or deny) that applies to a set of condition attributes such as protocol, source, destination, and so on. Rules are evaluated against each packet or flow, typically in ordered sequence, and together they constitute the operative expression of the organization's traffic-control policy. In standards usage (NIST SP 800-53 and SP 800-171), filtering rules for routers or firewalls are classified as security-relevant information alongside cryptographic key management data and access control lists.verified
Filtration SurgerynounMWEeye surgery that opens a passage allowing excess aqueous humor to drain into surrounding tissuesverified
FIN (Financial Application)nounMWEThe SWIFT application within which all SWIFT user-to-user messages are input and output.verified
Fin De SiecleadjectiveMWErelating to or characteristic of the end of a century (especially the end of the 19th century)candidate
Fin KeelnounMWEa metal plate projecting from the keel of a shallow vessel to give it greater lateral stabilityverified
Final CutnounMWEthe final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producerverified
Final SolutionnounMWEthe mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945verified
Finance CompanynounMWEa financial institution (often affiliated with a holding company or manufacturer) that makes loans to individuals or businessesverified
Financial AuthoritynounMWEA supervisory organization that is responsible for safeguarding and maintaining consumer confidence in the financial system.verified
financial conditionnounMWEThe status of a firm's assets, liabilities and equity positions at a specific point in time, often described in a financial statement.candidate
Financial EDI (FEDI)nounMWEFinancial electronic data interchange. An instrument for settling invoices by initiating payments, processing remittance data and automating reconciliation, through the exchange of electronic messages.verified
Financial ForecastnounMWEa forecast of the expected financial position and the results of operations and cash flows based on expected conditionsverified
Financial industry participantsnounMWEFinancial institutions and other companies that are involved in the banking, securities, and/or insurance industry and are regulated by supervisory authorities.verified
financial institutionnounMWEAny bank licensed under the Banking Act (Cap. 19); any finance company licensed under the Finance Companies Act (Cap. 108); any person that is approved as a financial institution under section 28; any money-changer licensed to conduct money-changing business, or any remitter licensed to conduct remittance business, under the Money-changing and Remittance Businesses Act (Cap. 187); any insurer licensed or regulated under the Insurance Act (Cap. 142); any insurance intermediary registered or regulated under the Insurance Act; any licensed financial adviser under the Financial Advisers Act (Cap. 110); any approved holding company, securities exchange, futures exchange, recognised market operator, licensed trade repository, licensed foreign trade repository, approved clearing house, recognised clearing house or holder of a capital markets services licence under the Securities and Futures Act (Cap. 289); any trustee for a collective investment scheme authorised under section 286 of the Securities and Futures Act, that is approved under that Act; any trustee-manager of a business trust that is registered under the Business Trusts Act (Cap. 31A); any licensed trust company under the Trust Companies Act (Cap. 336); any holder of a stored value facility under the Payment Systems (Oversight) Act (Cap. 222A); any designated financial holding company under the Financial Holding Companies Act 2013 (Act 13 of 2013); any person licensed under the Banking Act (Cap. 19) to carry on the business of issuing credit cards or charge cards in Singapore; and any other person licensed, approved, registered or regulated by the Authority under any written law, but does not include such person or class of persons as the Authority may, by regulations made under this section, prescribe.verified
financial market infrastructurenounMWEA multilateral system among participating institutions, including the operator of the system, used for the purposes of clearing, settling or recording payments, securities, derivatives or other financial transactions.verified
Financial OrganisationnounMWEan institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assetsverified
Financial OrganizationnounMWEan institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assetsverified
Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC)nounMWEA nonprofit, information-sharing forum established by financial services industry participants to facilitate the public and private sectors' sharing of physical and cybersecurity threat and vulnerability information.verified