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English Dictionary: frolic	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fearless adj oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them Synonym(s): unafraid(p), fearless Antonym(s): afraid(p) invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" Synonym(s): audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fearlessly adv without fear; "fearlessly, he led the troops into combat" Synonym(s): fearlessly, dauntlessly, intrepidly Antonym(s): fearfully
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fearlessness n feeling no fear Synonym(s): fearlessness, bravery [ant: fear, fearfulness, fright] the trait of feeling no fear Antonym(s): fearfulness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fire walker n someone who walks barefoot on burning coals
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fire walking n the ceremony of walking barefoot over hot stones or a bed of embers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
firelight n the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
firelighter n (a piece of) a substance that burns easily and can be used to start a coal or coke fire
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firelock n a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock [syn: flintlock, firelock]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foreleg n the forelimb of a quadruped
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forelock n a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears Synonym(s): forelock, foretop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
free electron n electron that is not attached to an atom or ion or molecule but is free to move under the influence of an electric field
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
free list n a list of commodities that are not subject to tariffs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Froelichia n genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed Synonym(s): Froelichia, genus Froelichia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frolic n gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly" Synonym(s): play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper v play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" Synonym(s): frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frolicky adj given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes" Synonym(s): coltish, frolicsome, frolicky, rollicking, sportive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frolicsome adj given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes" Synonym(s): coltish, frolicsome, frolicky, rollicking, sportive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frolicsomeness n lively high-spirited playfulness [syn: friskiness, frolicsomeness, sportiveness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
furlike adj resembling fur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
furlough n a temporary leave of absence from military duty v dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized" Synonym(s): furlough, lay off grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ficus \[d8]Fi"cus\, n. [L., a fig.] A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which ({F. Carica}) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree. Note: {Ficus Indica} is the banyan tree; {F. religiosa}, the peepul tree; {F. elastica}, the India-rubber tree.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fairylike \Fair"y*like`\, a. Resembling a fairy, or what is made or done be fairies; as, fairylike music.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fearless \Fear"less\, a. Free from fear. Syn: Bold; courageous; intrepid; valorous; valiant; brave; undaunted; dauntless; heroic. -- {Fear"lessly}, adv. -- {Fear"lessness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fearless \Fear"less\, a. Free from fear. Syn: Bold; courageous; intrepid; valorous; valiant; brave; undaunted; dauntless; heroic. -- {Fear"lessly}, adv. -- {Fear"lessness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fearless \Fear"less\, a. Free from fear. Syn: Bold; courageous; intrepid; valorous; valiant; brave; undaunted; dauntless; heroic. -- {Fear"lessly}, adv. -- {Fear"lessness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Asafetida \As`afet"ida\, Asafd2tida \As`af[d2]t"ida\, n. [Asa + L. foetidus fetid.] The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant ({Ferula asaf[d2]tida}) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic. [Written also {assaf[d2]tida}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferulic \Fe*ru"lic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida ({Ferula asaf[d2]tida}); as, ferulic acid. [Written also {ferulaic}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Narthex \[d8]Nar"thex\, n. [L., giant fennel, Gr. [?].] 1. (Bot.) A tall umbelliferous plant ({Ferula communis}). See {Giant fennel}, under {Fennel}. 2. (Arch.) The portico in front of ancient churches; sometimes, the atrium or outer court surrounded by ambulatories; -- used, generally, for any vestibule, lobby, or outer porch, leading to the nave of a church.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fennel \Fen"nel\ (f[ecr]n"n[ecr]l), n. [AS. fenol, finol, from L. feniculum, faeniculum, dim. of fenum, faenum, hay: cf. F. fenouil. Cf. {Fenugreek}. {Finochio}.] (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus {F[91]niculum} ({F. vulgare}), having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds. Smell of sweetest fennel. --Milton. A sprig of fennel was in fact the theological smelling bottle of the tender sex. --S. G. Goodrich. {Azorean, [or] Sweet}, {fennel}, ({F[91]niculum dulce}). It is a smaller and stouter plant than the common fennel, and is used as a pot herb. {Dog's fennel} ({Anthemis Cotula}), a foul-smelling European weed; -- called also {mayweed}. {Fennel flower} (Bot.), an herb ({Nigella}) of the Buttercup family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the fennel. {N. Damascena} is common in gardens. {N. sativa} furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment, etc., in India. These seeds are the [bd]fitches[b8] mentioned in Isaiah (xxviii. 25). {Fennel water} (Med.), the distilled water of fennel seed. It is stimulant and carminative. {Giant fennel} ({Ferula communis}), has stems full of pith, which, it is said, were used to carry fire, first, by Prometheus. {Hog's fennel}, a European plant ({Peucedanum officinale}) looking something like fennel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sumbul \Sum"bul\, n. [Pers.] The musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, {Ferula Sumbul}. It is used in medicine as a stimulant. [Written also {sumbal}.] -- {Sum*bul"ic}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferulaceous \Fer`u*la"ceous\, a. [L. ferulaceus, fr. ferula rod: cf. F. f[82]rulac[82].] Pertaining to reeds and canes; having a stalk like a reed; as, ferulaceous plants.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferulic \Fe*ru"lic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida ({Ferula asaf[d2]tida}); as, ferulic acid. [Written also {ferulaic}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferulic \Fe*ru"lic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida ({Ferula asaf[d2]tida}); as, ferulic acid. [Written also {ferulaic}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fireless \Fire"less\, a. Destitute of fire.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Firelock \Fire"lock`\, n. An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a gun having such a lock.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fore \Fore\, a. [See {Fore}, adv.] Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to {back} or {behind}; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon. The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed by the fore purpose of the state. --Southey. Note: Fore is much used adjectively or in composition. {Fore bay}, a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race. {Fore body} (Shipbuilding), the part of a ship forward of the largest cross-section, distinguisched from middle body abd after body. {Fore boot}, a receptacle in the front of a vehicle, for stowing baggage, etc. {Fore bow}, the pommel of a saddle. --Knight. {Fore cabin}, a cabin in the fore part of a ship, usually with inferior accommodations. {Fore carriage}. (a) The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled vehicle. (b) A small carriage at the front end of a plow beam. {Fore course} (Naut.), the lowermost sail on the foremost of a square-rigged vessel; the foresail. See Illust. under {Sail}. {Fore door}. Same as {Front door}. {Fore edge}, the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc. {Fore elder}, an ancestor. [Prov. Eng.] {Fore end}. (a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part; the beginning. I have . . . paid More pious debts to heaven, than in all The fore end of my time. --Shak. (b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward of the trigger guard, or breech frame. {Fore girth}, a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a martingale. {Fore hammer}, a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in time, with the hand hammer. {Fore leg}, one of the front legs of a quadruped, or multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc. {Fore peak} (Naut.), the angle within a ship's bows; the portion of the hold which is farthest forward. {Fore piece}, a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress. {Fore plane}, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a jack plane and a smoothing plane. --Knight. {Fore reading}, previous perusal. [Obs.] --Hales. {Fore rent}, in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is gathered. {Fore sheets} (Naut.), the forward portion of a rowboat; the space beyond the front thwart. See {Stern sheets}. {Fore shore}. (a) A bank in advance of a sea wall, to break the force of the surf. (b) The seaward projecting, slightly inclined portion of a breakwater. --Knight. (c) The part of the shore between high and low water marks. {Fore sight}, that one of the two sights of a gun which is near the muzzle. {Fore tackle} (Naut.), the tackle on the foremast of a ship. {Fore topmast}. (Naut.) See {Fore-topmast}, in the Vocabulary. {Fore wind}, a favorable wind. [Obs.] Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne. --Sandys. {Fore world}, the antediluvian world. [R.] --Southey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foreallege \Fore`al*lege"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forealleged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forealleging}.] To allege or cite before. --Fotherby.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foreallege \Fore`al*lege"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forealleged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forealleging}.] To allege or cite before. --Fotherby.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foreallege \Fore`al*lege"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forealleged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forealleging}.] To allege or cite before. --Fotherby.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forelock \Fore"lock`\, n. 1. The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head. 2. (Mech.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun. {Forelock bolt}, a bolt retained by a key, gib, or cotter passing through a slot. {Forelock hook} (Rope Making), a winch or whirl by which a bunch of three yarns is twisted into a standard. --Knight. {To take} {time, [or] occasion}, {by the forelock}, to make prompt use of anything; not to let slip an opportunity. Time is painted with a lock before and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for when it is once past, there is no recalling it. --Swift. On occasion's forelock watchful wait. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forelock \Fore"lock`\, n. 1. The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head. 2. (Mech.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun. {Forelock bolt}, a bolt retained by a key, gib, or cotter passing through a slot. {Forelock hook} (Rope Making), a winch or whirl by which a bunch of three yarns is twisted into a standard. --Knight. {To take} {time, [or] occasion}, {by the forelock}, to make prompt use of anything; not to let slip an opportunity. Time is painted with a lock before and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for when it is once past, there is no recalling it. --Swift. On occasion's forelock watchful wait. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forelock \Fore"lock`\, n. 1. The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head. 2. (Mech.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun. {Forelock bolt}, a bolt retained by a key, gib, or cotter passing through a slot. {Forelock hook} (Rope Making), a winch or whirl by which a bunch of three yarns is twisted into a standard. --Knight. {To take} {time, [or] occasion}, {by the forelock}, to make prompt use of anything; not to let slip an opportunity. Time is painted with a lock before and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for when it is once past, there is no recalling it. --Swift. On occasion's forelock watchful wait. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forelook \Fore*look"\, v. i. To look beforehand or forward. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forlese \For*lese"\, v. t. [p. p. {Forlore}, {Forlorn}.] [OE. forlesen. See {Forlorn}.] To lose utterly. [Obs.] --haucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frail \Frail\, a. [Compar. {Frailer}; superl. {Frailest}.] [OE. frele, freile, OF. fraile, frele, F. fr[88]le, fr. L. fragilis. See {Fragile}.] 1. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm. That I may know how frail I am. --Ps. xxxix. 4. An old bent man, worn and frail. --Lowell. 2. Tender. [Obs.] Deep indignation and compassion. --Spenser. 3. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women. Man is frail, and prone to evil. --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. A limit or boundary; a border. The very list, the very utmost bound, Of all our fortunes. --Shak. 3. The lobe of the ear; the ear itself. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. A stripe. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 5. A roll or catalogue, that is row or line; a record of names; as, a list of names, books, articles; a list of ratable estate. He was the ablest emperor of all the list. --Bacon. 6. (Arch.) A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also {listel}. 7. (Carp.) A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board. 8. (Rope Making) A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman. 9. (Tin-plate Manuf.) (a) The first thin coat of tin. (b) A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated. {Civil list} (Great Britain & U.S.), the civil officers of government, as judges, ambassadors, secretaries, etc. Hence, the revenues or appropriations of public money for the support of the civil officers. More recently, the civil list, in England, embraces only the expenses of the reigning monarch's household. {Free list}. (a) A list of articles admitted to a country free of duty. (b) A list of persons admitted to any entertainment, as a theater or opera, without payment, or to whom a periodical, or the like, is furnished without cost. Syn: Roll; catalogue; register; inventory; schedule. Usage: {List}, {Boll}, {Catalogue}, {Register}, {Inventory}, {Schedule}. A list is properly a simple series of names, etc., in a brief form, such as might naturally be entered in a narrow strip of paper. A roll was originally a list containing the names of persons belonging to a public body (as Parliament, etc.), which was rolled up and laid aside among its archives. A catalogue is a list of persons or things arranged in order, and usually containing some description of the same, more or less extended. A register is designed for record or preservation. An inventory is a list of articles, found on hand in a store of goods, or in the estate of a deceased person, or under similar circumstances. A schedule is a formal list or inventory prepared for legal or business purposes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frlcassee \Frlc"as*see`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fricassed}; p. pr. &. vb. n. {Fricasseeing}.] To dress like a fricassee.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frolic \Frol"ic\ (fr[ocr]l"[icr]k), a. [D. vroolijk; akin to G. fr[94]lich, fr. froh, OHG. fr[omac], Dan. fro, OS. fr[amac]h, cf. Icel. fr[amac]r swift; all perh. akin to Skr. pru to spring up.] Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry. The frolic wind that breathes the spring. --Milton. The gay, the frolic, and the loud. --Waller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frolic \Frol"ic\, n. 1. A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth. He would be at his frolic once again. --Roscommon. 2. A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frolic \Frol"ic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Frolicked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frolicking}.] To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport. Hither, come hither, and frolic and play. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frolicful \Frol"ic*ful\, a. Frolicsome. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frolic \Frol"ic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Frolicked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frolicking}.] To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport. Hither, come hither, and frolic and play. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frolic \Frol"ic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Frolicked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frolicking}.] To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport. Hither, come hither, and frolic and play. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frolicky \Frol"ick*y\, a. Frolicsome. [Obs.] --Richardson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frolicly \Frol"ic*ly\, adv. In a frolicsome manner; with mirth and gayety. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frolicsome \Frol"icsome\, a. Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive. Old England, who takes a frolicsome brain fever once every two or three years, for the benefit of her doctors. --Sir W. Scott. -- {Frol"icsomely}, adv. -- {Frol"icsome*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frolicsome \Frol"icsome\, a. Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive. Old England, who takes a frolicsome brain fever once every two or three years, for the benefit of her doctors. --Sir W. Scott. -- {Frol"icsomely}, adv. -- {Frol"icsome*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frolicsome \Frol"icsome\, a. Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive. Old England, who takes a frolicsome brain fever once every two or three years, for the benefit of her doctors. --Sir W. Scott. -- {Frol"icsomely}, adv. -- {Frol"icsome*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furilic \Fu*ril"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, furile; as, furilic acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furlough \Fur"lough\, n. [Prob. fr. D. verlof, fr. a prefix akin to E. for + the root of E. lief, and akin to Dan. forlov, Sw. f[94]rlof, G. verlaub permission. See {Life}, a.] (Mil.) Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furlough \Fur"lough\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furloughed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Furloughing}.] (Mil.) To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furlough \Fur"lough\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furloughed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Furloughing}.] (Mil.) To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furlough \Fur"lough\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furloughed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Furloughing}.] (Mil.) To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.
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Far Hills, NJ (borough, FIPS 22890) Location: 40.69035 N, 74.62208 W Population (1990): 657 (266 housing units) Area: 12.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07931
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ferrellsburg, WV Zip code(s): 25524
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
firewall code n. 1. The code you put in a system (say, a telephone switch) to make sure that the users can't do any damage. Since users always want to be able to do everything but never want to suffer for any mistakes, the construction of a firewall is a question not only of defensive coding but also of interface presentation, so that users don't even get curious about those corners of a system where they can burn themselves. 2. Any sanity check inserted to catch a {can't happen} error. Wise programmers often change code to fix a bug twice: once to fix the bug, and once to insert a firewall which would have arrested the bug before it did quite as much damage.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Ferroelectric RAM {Ferroelectric Random Access Memory}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (FRAM) A type of {non-volatile} read/write {random access} {semiconductor} memory. FRAM combines the advantages of {SRAM} - writing is roughly as fast as reading, and {EPROM} - non-volatility and in-circuit programmability. Current (Feb 1997) disadvantages are high cost and low density, but that may change in the future. Density is currently at most 32KB on a chip, compared with 512KB for SRAM, 1MB for EPROM and 8MB for DRAM. A ferroelectric memory cell consists of a ferroelectric {capacitor} and a {MOS} {transistor}. Its construction is similar to the storage cell of a {DRAM}. The difference is in the dielectric properties of the material between the capacitor's electrodes. This material has a high dielectric constant and can be polarized by an electric field. The polarisation remains until it gets reversed by an opposite electrical field. This makes the memory non-volatile. Note that ferroelectric material, despite its name, does not necessarily contain iron. The most well-known ferroelectric substance is BaTiO3, which does not contain iron. Data is read by applying an electric field to the capacitor. If this switches the cell into the opposite state (flipping over the electrical dipoles in the ferroelectric material) then more charge is moved than if the cell was not flipped. This can be detected and amplified by sense amplifiers. Reading destroys the contents of a cell which must therefore be written back after a read. This is similar to the {precharge} operation in DRAM, though it only needs to be done after a read rather than periodically as with DRAM {refresh}. In fact it is most like the operation of {ferrite core memory}. FRAM has similar applications to EEPROM, but can be written much faster. The simplicity of the memory cell promises high density devices which can compete with DRAM. {RAMTRON} is the company behind FRAM. (1997-02-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
firewall code 1. The code you put in a system (say, a telephone switch) to make sure that the users can't do any damage. Since users always want to be able to do everything but never want to suffer for any mistakes, the construction of a firewall is a question not only of defensive coding but also of interface presentation, so that users don't even get curious about those corners of a system where they can burn themselves. 2. Any sanity check inserted to catch a {can't happen} error. Wise programmers often change code to fix a bug twice: once to fix the bug, and once to insert a firewall which would have arrested the bug before it did quite as much damage. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Frolic A {Prolog} system in {Common Lisp}. {(ftp://ftp.cs.utah.edu/pub/frolic.tar.Z)}. (1991-11-23)