FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions.
Finger
A method by which one Internet user can determine the location of another Internet user.
Firewall
Firewalls are established to prevent unauthorized users from accessing a secure site or area on the Web. Most companies will establish firewalls to prevent internal users from accessing these secure sites. Proxy servers allow these same users, however, to bypass a firewall. If using a Proxy server, this information must be manually "told" to the browser being utilized (or even a Windows-based software application) by going to the settings portion of the browser's top tool bar.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol-An accepted method of retrieving a file from another computer and copying it to your own.
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