https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/ 2026-06-07T16:01:54-0400 https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/ https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2022-03-31T16:57:18-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:facta&rev=1648760238&do=diff Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) Return to Glossary The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) was passed by Congress in 2003 to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The amendments ensured that any state laws with stricter regulations than those outlined in the FCRA would be enforced first. State laws regarding credit scores, credit reports, and insurance that were to remain in effect as a result of the amendments were outlined within the act. Under the act… text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:11-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:failover&rev=1633369211&do=diff Failover Return to Glossary Failover is the constant capability to automatically and seamlessly switch to a highly reliable backup. This can be operated in a redundant manner or in a standby operational mode upon the failure of a primary server, application, system or other primary system component. text/html 2022-03-11T13:49:24-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:far&rev=1647024564&do=diff Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Return to Glossary The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is the primary regulation for use by all executive agencies in their acquisition of supplies and services with appropriated funds. The FAR also contains standard solicitation provisions and contract clauses, and the various agency FAR supplements. text/html 2022-04-25T15:30:13-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fasb&rev=1650915013&do=diff Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Return to Glossary The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is an independent nonprofit organization responsible for establishing accounting and financial reporting standards for companies and nonprofit organizations in the United States, following text/html 2022-04-02T15:12:57-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fatf&rev=1648926777&do=diff Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Return to Glossary The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an intergovernmental organization established in 1989 by members of the (then) G7 to develop standards around Anti Money Laundering (AML). It designs and promotes policies and standards to combat financial crime. It also actively monitors the AML efforts of its members to implement its recommendations and routinely assesses its effectiveness in the fight against text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:11-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:faulttolerance&rev=1633369211&do=diff Fault Tolerance Return to Glossary See 2.2.2.3 Fault Tolerance Fault Tolerance is the ability of a system to respond gracefully to an unexpected hardware or software failure. There are many levels of fault tolerance, the lowest being the ability to continue operation in the event of a power failure. Many fault-tolerant computer systems mirror all operations text/html 2022-04-07T14:34:45-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fbi&rev=1649356485&do=diff Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Return to Glossary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the principal law enforcement agency and a national security service of the federal government. The FBI is housed under the Department of Justice (DOJ) and additionally reports to the Director of National Intelligence. text/html 2022-04-02T14:33:23-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fca&rev=1648924403&do=diff Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Return to Glossary The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) works alongside the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) in regulating the financial services industry in the UK. Whereas the PRA is responsible for the prudential regulation and supervision of banks, building societies, credit unions, insurers and major investment firms, the FCA is responsible for the prudential regulation of those financial services firms not supervised by the PRA such as asset man… text/html 2022-03-30T19:17:04-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fcra&rev=1648682224&do=diff Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) Return to Glossary The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) was passed in 1970 to regulate credit agencies and promote fair and secure handling of consumer information. The FCRA attempts to limit the dissemination of information through five main rules: text/html 2022-03-30T20:29:38-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fdcpa&rev=1648686578&do=diff Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) Return to Glossary The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) was passed in 1978 to give consumers rights and the ability to maintain accurate information when dealing with debt collection. Under the act, any consumer information regarding debt is protected. Requirements were set to outline the ways in which debt collectors are allowed to interact with a consumer when pursuing payment. Under the FDCPA, collectors are not allowed to publish a con… text/html 2021-10-07T14:28:31-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fde&rev=1633631311&do=diff Full-Disk Encryption (FDE) Return to Glossary Full-Disk Encryption (FDE) is encryption at the hardware level. FDE works by automatically converting data on a hard drive into a form that cannot be understood by anyone who doesn’t have the key to “undo” the conversion. Without the proper authentication key, even if the hard drive is removed and placed in another machine, the data remains inaccessible. FDE can be installed on a computing device at the time of manufacturing or it can be added la… text/html 2022-04-01T16:46:08-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fdic&rev=1648845968&do=diff Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Return to Glossary The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is an independent agency created by the Congress to maintain stability and public confidence in the nation’s financial system. The FDIC insures deposits; examines and supervises financial institutions for safety, soundness, and consumer protection; makes large and complex financial institutions resolvable; and manages receivership. text/html 2022-04-01T16:23:44-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:federal_reserve&rev=1648844624&do=diff Federal Reserve (Fed) Return to Glossary The Federal Reserve (Fed) is the central banking system of the United States and is run by a board of governors that oversees 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks. Its primary goals are to regulate the nation's private banks and manage the overall money supply in order to keep the inflation rate and the employment rate stable. The Federal Reserve Board is accountable to the U.S. Congress, not the president. text/html 2022-04-19T13:34:16-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:federal_reserve_note&rev=1650389656&do=diff Federal Reserve Note Return to Glossary A Federal Reserve Note is a term to describe the paper demand liabilities of the Federal Reserve, commonly referred to as “dollar bills,” which circulate in the U.S. as legal tender. For practical purposes, the Federal Reserve Note text/html 2022-04-04T15:36:29-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fema&rev=1649100989&do=diff Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Return to Glossary The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is a United States government agency with the purpose to coordinate aid and respond to disasters around the nation when local resources are insufficient. Commanding a budget of approximately $14 billion annually, the agency is headquartered in Washington, D.C. text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:11-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fiat_currency&rev=1633369211&do=diff Fiat Currency Return to Glossary Fiat Currency is any money declared by a government to be to be valid for meeting a financial obligation, like USD or EUR. Source: <https://hackernoon.com/blockchain-dictionary-f4d098c9ef89> text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:11-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fieldlevel&rev=1633369211&do=diff Field Level Return to Glossary Field Level is lowest level is the Automation Pyramid. It is where products are produced. In other words, this is where the physical work plus monitoring occur. Electric motors, hydraulic and pneumatic actuators to move machinery, proximity switches used to detect that movement or certain materials, photoelectric switches that detect similar things will all play a part in the field level. text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:11-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fifty_one_percent_51_attack&rev=1633369211&do=diff Fifty-One Percent (51% Attack) Return to Glossary Fifty-One Percent (51% Attack) refers to an attack on a blockchain – usually bitcoin's, for which such an attack is still hypothetical – by a group of miners controlling more than 50% of the network's mining hashrate, or computing power. The attackers would be able to prevent new transactions from gaining confirmations, allowing them to halt payments between some or all users. They would also be able to reverse transactions that were complete… text/html 2022-04-21T22:08:53-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:figi&rev=1650593333&do=diff Financial Instrument Global Identifier (FIGI) Return to Glossary Financial Instrument Global Identifier® (FIGI®) is a framework that standardizes the way financial securities are globally identified. Many of the systems in use today across the securities industry have been built around proprietary, closed methodologies for identifying financial securities. Hundreds of symbologies are in use, with companies often using various classification methods to name and manage financial securities and… text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:11-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:figi_symbology&rev=1633369211&do=diff FIGI Symbology Return to Glossary FIGI symbology consists of the unique, persistent, unchanging alpha-numeric identifier, as well as the multiple individual pieces of associated descriptive metadata. Source: Standard Symbology for Global Financial Securities text/html 2022-01-24T13:37:26-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:file&rev=1643049446&do=diff File Return to Glossary File is a container in a computer system for storing information. Files used in computers are similar in features to that of paper documents used in library and office files. There are different types of Files such as text files, data files, directory files, binary and graphic files, and these different types of files store different types of information. In a computer operating system, files can be stored on text/html 2022-04-01T18:11:43-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:financial_instrument&rev=1648851103&do=diff Financial Instrument Return to Glossary Financial Instruments are assets that can be traded, or they can also be seen as packages of capital that may be traded. Most types of financial instruments provide efficient flow and transfer of capital all throughout the world's investors. These assets can be cash, a contractual right to deliver or receive cash or another type of financial instrument, or evidence of one's ownership of an entity. text/html 2022-04-25T20:20:48-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:financial_market&rev=1650932448&do=diff Financial Market Return to Glossary Financial Market refers to the marketplace where the activities related to creating and trading different financial assets such as bonds, shares, commodities, currencies, derivatives, etc., occur. It provides the platform for sellers and buyers of financial assets to meet and trade with each other at a price determined by market forces. text/html 2022-04-25T20:22:22-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:financial_sector&rev=1650932542&do=diff Financial Sector Return to Glossary The Financial Sector is a section of the economy made up of firms and institutions that provide financial services to commercial and retail customers. This sector comprises a broad range of industries including banks, investment companies, insurance companies, and real estate firms. text/html 2022-04-02T16:25:02-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:finma&rev=1648931102&do=diff Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) Return to Glossary Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) is Switzerland’s independent financial-markets regulator. Its mandate is to supervise banks, insurance companies, financial institutions, collective investment schemes, and their asset managers and fund management companies. It also regulates insurance intermediaries. It is charged with protecting creditors, investors and policyholders. FINMA is responsible for ensuring that Switz… text/html 2022-03-31T17:42:20-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:finra&rev=1648762940&do=diff Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Return to Glossary The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is an independent, nongovernmental organization that writes and enforces the rules governing registered brokers and broker-dealer firms in the United States. Its stated mission is text/html 2022-04-14T12:45:41-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fintech&rev=1649954741&do=diff Financial Technology (Fintech) Return to Glossary Financial Technology (Fintech) is used to describe new tech that seeks to improve and automate the delivery and use of financial services. ​​​At its core, fintech is utilized to help companies, business owners and consumers better manage their financial operations, processes, and lives by utilizing specialized software and algorithms that are used on computers and, increasingly, smartphones. Fintech, the word, is a combination of text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:11-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:firewall&rev=1633369211&do=diff Firewall Return to Glossary A Firewall is software used to maintain the security of a private network. Firewalls block unauthorized access to or from private networks and are often employed to prevent unauthorized Web users or illicit software from gaining access to private networks connected to the text/html 2022-02-03T06:21:06-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:firmware&rev=1643887266&do=diff Firmware Return to Glossary Firmware is a type of software that is etched directly into a piece of hardware. It operates without going through APIs, the operating system, or device drivers—providing the needed instructions and guidance for the device to communicate with other devices or perform a set of basic tasks and functions as intended. text/html 2022-03-26T21:09:23-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fisma&rev=1648343363&do=diff Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Return to Glossary The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) is United States legislation that defines a framework of guidelines and security standards to protect government information and operations. This risk management framework was signed into law as part of the Electronic Government Act of 2002, and later updated and amended. text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:11-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:five_nines&rev=1633369211&do=diff Five Nines Return to Glossary Five Nines is the term used for describing the availability of a computer or a service at 99.999 percent of the time it is required. In other words, the system or service is only unavailable for 5.39 minutes throughout the year for planned or unplanned text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:11-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:flowchart&rev=1633369211&do=diff Flowchart Return to Glossary A Flowchart is a type of diagram representing a process using different symbols containing information about steps or a sequence of events. Each of these symbols is linked with arrows to illustrate the flow direction of the process. Source: text/html 2021-10-08T18:47:40-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fme&rev=1633733260&do=diff Full Memory Encryption (FME) Return to Glossary Full Memory Encryption (FME) is a computer architecture whcih prevents data visibility in the event of its unauthorized access or theft. FME is commonly used to protect Data-in-Motion and Data-at-Rest and increasingly recognized as an optimal method for protecting Data-in-Use by encrypting data using text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:11-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fom&rev=1633369211&do=diff Figure of Merit (FoM) Return to Glossary Figure of Merit (FoM) is a type of assessment of performance as it relates to the function of a system or device. Typically, this figure is represented as a point along a scale, and may involve comparing the merits of the device or system with similar products as a means of arranging that scale. The idea behind the figure of merit is to provide consumers with an idea of the benefits received by choosing one product over another. text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:11-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fork&rev=1633369211&do=diff Fork Return to Glossary Fork is the creation of an ongoing alternative version of the blockchain, by creating two blocks simultaneously on different parts of the network. This creates two parallel blockchains, where one of the two is the winning blockchain. Source: <https://hackernoon.com/blockchain-dictionary-f4d098c9ef89> text/html 2022-04-02T14:41:33-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fsa&rev=1648924893&do=diff Financial Services Agency (FSA) Return to Glossary The Financial Services Agency (FSA) is the chief regulator of Japan’s financial services industry, responsible for maintaining its stability and integrity. Based in Tokyo and formed in 2000 from a department of the Prime Minister’s office, it is mandated to oversee the banking, insurance and securities and exchange industries. It’s also charged with protecting market participants from fraud and money laundering. text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:11-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:ftp&rev=1633369211&do=diff File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Return to Glossary File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard Internet protocol for transmitting files between computers on the Internet over TCP/IP connections. FTP is a Client-Server Protocol where a Client will ask for a file, and a local or remote server will provide it. The end-users machine is typically called the local host machine, which is connected via the text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:11-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:full&rev=1633369211&do=diff Full Node Return to Glossary A Full Node is a complete copy of the blockchain and is able to verify all transactions since the beginning. This requires a lot of disk space. Source: Full Node text/html 2021-10-04T11:24:04-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:funcreq&rev=1633361044&do=diff Functional Requirements Return to Glossary Functional Requirements define the basic system behaviour. Essentially, they are what the system does or must not do, and can be thought of in terms of how the system responds to inputs. Functional requirements usually define if/then behaviors and include calculations, data input, and business processes. text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:11-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:functionallanguage&rev=1633369211&do=diff Functional Language Return to Glossary A Functional Language is a programming language built over and around logical functions or procedures within its programming structure. It is based on and is similar to mathematical functions in its program flow. Functional languages derive their basic structure from the mathematical framework of Lambda calculus and combinatory logic. Erlang, text/html 2021-10-03T23:11:10-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:functionalprogramming&rev=1633317070&do=diff Functional Programming Return to Glossary FunctionalProgramming (also called FP) is a way of thinking about software construction by creating pure functions. It avoid concepts of shared state, mutable data observed in Object Oriented Programming. Functional languages emphasizes on expressions and declarations rather than execution of statements. Therefore, unlike other procedures which depend on a local or global state, value output in FP depends only on the arguments passed to the function… text/html 2022-06-09T18:17:47-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fungibility&rev=1654813067&do=diff Fungibility Return to Glossary Fungibility is the ability of a good or asset to be interchanged with other individual goods or assets of the same type. Fungible assets simplify the exchange and trade processes, as fungibility implies equal value between the assets. text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:11-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:fungible&rev=1633369211&do=diff Fungible Return to Glossary Fungible (of goods contracted for without an individual specimen being specified) replaceable by another identical item; mutually interchangeable. Example: ‘it is by no means the world’s only fungible commodity’ Source: fungible text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:11-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:start&rev=1633369211&do=diff Glossary F Terms Return to Glossary Note: You can add new terms beginning with 'F' here List of Words Return to Top * Failover * Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) * Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) * Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) * Fault Tolerance * Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) * Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) * Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) * Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) * Federal Information Security Mana…