daemon

From the Greek daimon, meaning divine power. A utility that resides in RAM, waiting in the background until an event triggers it to take action. Print spoolers, e-mail handlers, and automatic backup utilities are examples of daemons. In mythology, a daemon was variously a guardian spirit or secondary divinity in the form of a demigod, i.e., half-man and half-god, that was tasked with duties deemed too insignificant for the gods’ attention. See also RAM and utility.

• fiber optics
• fiber optic transmission system (FOTS).
• fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC)
• fiber-to-the-neighborhood (FTTN)
• fiber-to-the-node (FTTN)
• fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP)
• Fibre Channel (FC)
• Fibre Channel Industry Association
• Fibre Channel over IP (FC/IP)
• FICON (FIbre CONnection)
• fidelity
• field
• FIFO (First-In-First-Out)
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