Acronyms Beginning With F
Sales, marketing, and technology acronyms that begin with F
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FID
A performance metric that measures the responsiveness of a website or web application to user interactions. Specifically, FID quantifies the delay between the moment a user interacts with a page (e.g., clicking a button or selecting a dropdown) and the…
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FIDO
A passwordless authentication standard that uses public key cryptography to enhance security and user convenience. During registration with an online service, the user’s device generates a cryptographic key pair, keeping the private key and registering the public key with the…
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FinCEN
A bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury. Established in 1990, FinCEN serves as the primary financial intelligence unit (FIU) of the United States and is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information about financial crimes to combat…
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FINRA
The largest self-regulatory organization (SRO) in the United States for the securities industry, overseeing broker-dealers and their registered representatives. Key points about FINRA: Establishment: FINRA was formed in 2007 by combining the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and the…
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Fintech
A portmanteau of financial technology that refers to the integration of technology into offerings by financial services companies to improve their use and delivery to consumers. It primarily works by unbundling offerings by such firms and creating new markets for…
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FIP
Google’s measure of user and page experience activity in its Core Web Vitals. This is being replaced by Interaction to Next Paint (INP). It specifically measures the time from when a user first interacts with a page (i.e., when they…
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FIPA
An IEEE standards organization that develops specifications for interoperability among software agents and agent-based systems. Originally formed in the late 1990s, FIPA’s work laid the groundwork for how autonomous agents communicate, coordinate, and perform tasks in distributed environments. At its…
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FIPS
A set of standards and guidelines for federal computer systems. Developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), these standards play a crucial role in ensuring the security and interoperability of information technology systems used by the U.S.…
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FIRE
A qualification framework used in account-based marketing (ABM) and B2B sales to evaluate and prioritize accounts based on their likelihood to convert. It stands for Fit, Intent, Recency, and Engagement—four critical signals that help revenue teams focus on the right…
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FIU
A central, national agency responsible for receiving, analyzing, and disseminating financial information to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes. FIUs play a crucial role in a country’s anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) framework by serving…
