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FLASH MEMORY

ROM that keeps contents when the computer is off but it can be erased and reprogrammed. The right equipment is needed to reprogram it. It is used for firmware.

FLESCH FORMULA

Finding the ease in reading text by syllable counting or sentences per 100 words. It’s named after Dr. Rudolf Flesch. AKA flesch test.

FLIPPING

When a new issue is bought and sold instantly to increase price on the market.

FLOOR DUTY

When an agent must stay in the office for walk in customers and to answer phones. The real estate agents must give face to face in office time.

FLUORINE

A gas that is yellow green and poinsonous. It occurs when making halogenated particles for aerosol propellants. It reacts with hydrogen and sodium. It is very reactive.

FOLLOWING FORM

A form that is the same as insurance for a property but is not insurance.

FOOD POISONING

When food is contaminated and makes a person sick. It can be a chemical, lead, mercury, blowfish, poisonous berries, poisonous fungi, and toxins. It can cause abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting.

FORBES

A company started in 1917. B. C Forbes started it to make online or in print publications. It is a parent company to others that focus on investments. It gives advice online

FORGING

Forming a specific, wanted shape during the manufacturing process from molten meta. Subsequent hammering, pressing, rolling, or squeezing are additional operations that can be used to get the final shape.

FORWARD CURVE

Using forward interest rate values to evaluate the time value of money. The values are calculated over various periods of time.

FORWARD PREMIUM

A FORWARD PRICE (or rate) for future delivery of an ASSET that is higher than the SPOT PRICE (or rate) for immediate delivery. See also FORWARD DISCOUNT.

FORWARDS SCHEDULING

To find a date when the work will be finished, working forwards from the current date, this is a method of determining a production schedule. Refer also to backwards scheduling.

FRACTAL MARKET HYPOTHESIS (FMH)

New capital-market theory to explain and predict market behavior. Done by combining fractals and chaos theory with traditional quantitative methods. Daily randomness of the market and anomalies such as market crashes and

FRAMING

Scoping, boundary setting. Achieving a desired result or obtaining a precise answer by presenting a context around an idea or an event, an approach or query to influence perception.

FREE BSD

Free Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). Developed at the Berkeley campus of the University Of California. Available online for downloading at no cost under an open source license. Popular Unix-like computer operating system.

FREE MACHINING

Lower power, improved surface finish, minimizes small metal chips, and longer tool life are machining operations characteristics of such a metal alloy. for example, a free machining type of copper is Alloy

FREE TRADE AGREEMENT OF THE AMERICAS (FTAA)

FTAA members are: Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,

FREEMIUM

A consumer gets basic services for free and premium services are paid for. One example is cable services. Basic is typically free, but the consumer pays for all premium channels. Or, a

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