Index_F

F

Fact descriptions, simplifying, 225

Fact numbers (in ORM), 222, 225

Facts

arity of, 224

deriving one from another, 235

summary of using a reference scheme, 226

that can be derived by arithmetic, 230-231, 233-234

Failure, maximum permitted frequency of, 117

Failure Audit icon (Event Viewer), 343

Failure of a single server or component, 349

Failures (application), reasons for, 158

Failures and errors, intentional, 120

Feasibility of a solution, analyzing, 62-63

Feature sets, requirements grouped in, 148

Features (application), determining, 160

Features of the solution, identifying, 103

Field names, length of, 411

Field-level validation on data fields, 353

Fifth normal form (5NF), 218

File Access method (Visual SourceSafe), 434

File Share web access method (Visual SourceSafe), 433

Filenames of .xml file and assembly, 396

Financial accounts, security and, 302

Financial information, protecting, 305

Fingerprint identification, 302

Firewalls

COM components and, 9

getting past, 9

properly configured, 353

First normal form (1NF), 218

Fixed ship date mindset, 442

Fixed Windows identity, 190

Flat-file database, 169

Flow of data through the system

charting, 104

documenting, 257-262

Flowchart templates (VEA), 256

Flowcharts, 252, 256

Fn_ prefix (in TSQL), 411

Focus groups (of users), 102

For loop (C#), 416

Foreign key, 313

not automatically indexed, 369

that points to primary key, 314

Formatting of code

purpose of, 411

standards for, 408-416

Text Editor for, 412

Formatting conventions (for code), 411-416

Formatting functions (locale-aware), 114

Formatting issues of globalization, 166

FORML (Formal Object-Role Modeling Language), 214

Frames, accessible, 115

Framework, explained, 45

Free software, 363

Frequency constraint (ORM diagram), 238

Frequency of execution attribute (requirements), 100

FrontPage server extensions, 434, 436

FrontPage web access method, 433-434

FrontPage web project, 436

FTP, for application distribution, 173

Full backup, 192

Full backup intervals, 192

Function names, conventions for, 409-410

Function overloading, 410

Functional applications, 287

Functional requirements, 99-100

Functional specifications, 144-147

elements of, 146-147

goals of, 145

risks of skipping, 146

transforming requirements into, 147-151

transforming into technical specifications, 151-196

Functional specifications document, 84, 144, 393

Functional system, identifying objects in, 289-291

Future needs of the organization, 57-58

Future .NET directions, 28-31

Future-state use cases and scenarios, 112