It does this by occupying a finite space on the computer and by being assigned a filename with which to distinguish one file from another. Files can be transferred from one computer to another. Files are very much synonymous with paper files, and directories synonymous with the folders or boxes containing groups of files. Also called server. The copying of a file from one computer to another over a computer network.
Filters typically refer to e-mail programs used to send mail messages to a particular mail folder.
Finger is also sometimes used to give access to non-personal information, but the most common use is to see if a person has an account at a particular Internet site. Many sites do not allow incoming Finger requests, but many do. An Internet security mechanism whereby a piece of software or hardware is checking all the sources and destinations of data packets and blocking those it feels are risky. Firewalls are often used by companies to keep unwanted traffic and visitors off their internal intranets. A series of flames are known as flame wars.