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Fans, cooling, 45, 73
Fast SCSI interface, 176, 201
FAT (File Allocation Table)
defined, 504
FAT16, 167, 291–292
FAT32, 167, 291–292
floppy disk, 162
Fault tolerant systems, 180, 357–358
Fax machines and MFDs, 151–152
FDISK command, 167–168, 291–292
Fiber-optic (10BaseFL) cables, 206–207
FIFO (First-In-First-Out) buffering, 117, 504
File and printer sharing, 477–478
File systems
CDFS, 181
FAT16, 167, 291–292
FAT32, 167, 291–292
NTFS, 167
operating systems support, 167
Files
attributes, 287–288
binary, 280
DAT files, 239
editing text files, 298
eight dot three file names, 285
file types, 286, 288
image, 140
LFNs (long file names), 286
text, 280
WIN.COM (Windows 9.x), 285
Windows initialization, 297–298
See also specific files
Finishers, 152
Fire extinguishers, 46
Fire safety, 45–46
Firewalls, 244
Firewire (IEEE 1394)
devices, 200–201
subnet, Windows ME, 436–437
Flash memory
BIOS, 40 (fig.)
CMOS, 47
CompactFlash, 92
ROM, 49
Floppy disks
bootable, 163
formatting, 162, 291–292
types, 162
components, 162–163
configuration and troubleshooting, 163–164
connectors, 38 (fig.), 40 (fig.)
formatting, 162
high-level formatting 162
IRQs, 107
memory address, 110
POST error, 50
Flow control (handshaking) and modems, 118–119
Form factors, motherboard, 38–41
FORMAT command, 168–169, 291–292
Formatting
floppy disks, 162
hard drives, 168–169, 291–292
FPM DRAM (Fast Page Mode DRAM), 84–85, 504
FPU (Floating-Point Unit), 69, 504
FTP (File Transfer Protocol), 397, 504
Fuel cells, 125
Full-duplex transmission, 193
Fuses, testing, 43
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