Facebook is a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues.
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FaceTime
Facetime is an Apple video telephony application that allows users to engage in one on one video chatting over the internet.
Facility
A physical space where business is performed. For example, a facility can be a building, a floor of a building or a designated space on the floor of a building.
Fake email
Fake email is sending counterfeit email by using a sender's address without their knowledge.
Fake trader
A trader that is in not legitimate.
Fake Twitter accounts
Twitter accounts that are not legitimate.
Fake website
Websites that are not legitimate.
Fax machine
A device that allows copies of documents to be sent over a telephone network.
Fibre
A fibre is a particularly lightweight thread of execution. Like threads, fibres share address space. However, fibres use cooperative multitasking while threads use pre-emptive multitasking.
FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standard
Firefox
Firefox is a free and open source web browser developed by the Mozilla foundation.
Firewall
A network device that filters incoming and outgoing network data based on a series of rules.
Firmware
Software embedded in ICT equipment.
Five Eyes
The Five Eyes is an Anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Flash memory media
A specific type of electrically erasable programmable read-only memory.
Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player is computer software for using content created on the Adobe Flash platform, including viewing multimedia contents, executing rich internet applications, and streaming audio and video.
Flaw
A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
Fly lead
A lead that connects ICT equipment to the fixed infrastructure of a facility. For example, the lead that connects a workstation to a network wall socket.
Foreign national
A person who is not an Australian citizen.
Foreign system
A system that is not solely owned and managed by the Australian Government.
Fraud
Fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right.
Fraud Week
Fraud week is where multiple organisations promote anti-fraud awareness and education to minimize the impact of fraud.
Fuzzing
Fuzzing (or fuzz testing) is a method used to discover errors or potential security vulnerabilities in software.
