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Fake trader

A trader that is in not legitimate.

Fake website

A website that is not legitimate.

Fax machine

A device that allows documents to be communicated over an analogue telephone network.

Federation (Identity)

A trust relationship between identity systems that allows authentication and authorisation in one system to be recognised by another.

Fibre

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

Firewall

A network device that filters incoming and outgoing network data based on a series of rules.

Firmware

Software embedded in IT equipment or OT equipment.

Five-Eyes (FVEY)

An intelligence sharing partnership between 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.

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