Microsoft® Computer Dictionary

Chapter 7. F

F n.

See farad n..

F2F adv.

Short for face-to-face. In person, rather than over the Internet. The term is used in e-mail.

face n.

1. In geometry and computer graphics, one side of a solid object, such as a cube. 2. In printing and typography, short for typeface.

face time n.

Time spent dealing face-to-face with another person, rather than communicating electronically.

facsimile n.

See fax n..

factor n.

In mathematics, an item that is multiplied in a multiplication problem; for example, 2 and 3 are factors in the problem 2 × 3. The prime factors of a number are a set of prime numbers that, when multiplied together, produce the number.

factorial n.

Expressed as n! (n factorial), the result of multiplying the successive integers from 1 through