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Fax	Faxmaschine	This is a device capable of transmitting or receiving an exact copy of a page of printed or pictorial matter over telephone lines
Feed	Papier vorschub im Drucker	The process of supplying paper to a printer
Field	Feld	This is a defined group of characters or numbers e.g. a customer number
File	Datei	This is a collection of data that is given a distinct name and is stored on the computer's secondary storage.
Filter	Filter	This is used to select certain files from a database by setting up a set of criteria.
Finder	Entdecker	This is a utility program that manages memory and files in conjunction with the Macintosh operating system.
Firmware	Firmware	Is the part of the system software that is stored permanently in the computer's read only memory.
Flash memory	Ein fester Speicher zur standhaften Speicherung von daten	This is type of memory device that can be programmed erased and reprogrammed.
Flatbed scanner	Ein flacher Scanner	Is a hardware device that is used to transfer text and graphics from paper into a digitised format that can be edited in a computer program
Font	Schriftart	This is a complete set of letters, numbers, special characters and punctuation marks of a particular size and for one identifiable typeface.
Footnote	Fußnote	This is a note at the bottom of a page in a word processing or page layout document that is used to explain a word or phase or concept.
Footprint	Standfläche	This is physical measure of the amount of desk space that a computer and its peripheral devices take up when sitting on the user's desk.
Forecasting	Prognose	Is a method of using past results to project results into the future.
Foreground task	Vordergrund-task	Is the priority job that the computer is undertaking in precedence to the other tasks that are being processed in the background. The foreground task is the task that you are monitoring on the computer screen.
Format	Formatieren	Is the preparation of a hard disk or floppy disk for the use by laying down clearly defined recording areas. The format is the way in which the magnetic pattern is laid down on the disk.
Formula	Formula	Is a calculation in a program, such as a spreadsheet, that defines a relationship between the values that can be directly input or are already present in the spreadsheet.
Forum	Forum, versammulung sort	This is designated group in which discussion takes place via the electronic network.
Freeware	Freies programm	Are copyright programs that are provided by the author free of charge.
Frequency	Häufigkeit frequenz	This is measure of the speed at which a computer processor operates. It is measured in megahertz.
FST	Flachbildschirm	(Flatter Square Tube) is the technology for producing a VDU or TV screen that is flat rather than having the traditional convex surface.
Full backup utility	Volles back-up programm	This is a utility program that creates a full backup of the files on a disk.
Function	Funktion	Is any single operation of a computer or word processor, e.g. editing.
Function key	Funktions-taste	This is special purpose key on the keyboard of a word processor or computer system that enables the user to perform a particular task or execute a command that might otherwise take several keystrokes.
Fuzzy logic	Unschraege logic	Is a description of the development away from strict logical arguments to take account of the human or non-logical behaviour.

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