F - Web Design & Internet Jargon Buster

Facebook - a social utility that connects people with friends, colleagues and family

File server - Also known as a server, this is a dedicated machine that runs the network operating system that services all the other computers in a network (the 'clients'). All the working files of a company are stored centrally on this server.

Firewall - Security tools that analyse the communications traffic passing between networks. Rules set up within the firewall decide whether or not to allow specific traffic types to pass between these networks. Firewalls are most commonly used at the point where a private corporate network meets the public Internet.

FTP (file transfer protocol) - A method of transferring files from one computer to another. It is the standard way of uploading web pages to a server.

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