Finger

nounid 2602·updated May 12, 2026

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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.

Classifications

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Entity Type

Network0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

—60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Pii72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Fingers
possessive: Finger's
pluralpossessive: Fingers'

Framework definitions

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§1: 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.

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