Fiber -- refers to fiber optic cable, which is a method of transmitting data, voice and video. Fiber is an alternative to copper. The way fiber works is by pulsing light down a strand of glass. These pulses represent binary code. The advantage is that a single strand of fiber optic cable can carry thousands and thousands of different frequencies at once without data loss.

File -- a set of records or documents that are treated as one unit.

File Transfer -- to move the content of a file across a medium, such as the Internet, from one computer to another.

Fire Wall -- this is a form of Internet security that stands between a private network and the Internet. It is like a wall in that it can prevent unwanted traffic from passing either way.

Floppy Disk - storage media. A floppy disk is used to store program/data files. The storage capacity is 1.44 megabytes.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) -- the rules that allow computers connected to the Internet to exchange files.