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ARC iT Solutions - Jargon Buster - F

Our A-Z will help you understand the IT terms that are now being used every day in the modern day world

The Jargon Buster explains technical and computing terms with which you might not be familiar.

E-Commerce - the buying and selling of good and services over the internet.

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions. A list of standard answers to questions which newcomers to a topic or website may have.

File extension - the group of letters added after the full stop at the end of the file name. They tell the computer which program to use when opening the file. For example, in the file 'myfile.txt' the '.txt' is the file extension. Not used on Apple Macs.

File not found - error message you see when you enter an incorrect website address or an address for a site which has moved.

Firewall - program which sits between your computer and the internet and watches for hacking, viruses or unapproved data transfer.

Flame - unpleasant or abusive e-mail usually written to a message board to try and provoke an argument.

Flash - a Macromedia plug-in you download which allows your browser to show animations. ( Comes pre-installed with many browsers )

Frames - an HTML feature that allows several different pages to be displayed in one window at the same time. This lets you to click on a link in the left frame and see that link in the right frame.

FTP - File Transfer Protocol. A program you use to download and upload files onto computers on the internet.

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