Finger
nounid
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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.
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Classifications
Entity Type
Network0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
Sensitivity
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Information Class
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Variants
- synonym
- digitfinger's breadthfingerbreadth
- plural
- Fingers
- possessive
- Finger's
- pluralpossessive
- Fingers'
Framework definitions
- §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.
- §1
- one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb
- §2
- any of the terminal members of the hand, sometimes excepting the thumb
- §3
- the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
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