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INDEX 913Forward only cursor,V1: 30
Fourth-Generation Languages (4GLs),
V1: 237
Fourth Normal Form (4NF) for data,
V1: 377
Four-way handshake,V3: 430
Fox News Channel site,V2:761–762
F-PROT antiviral scanner,V1: 250
Fragmentation,V2:248–249
Fragment attacks, IP,V3: 432
Frame Error Rate (FER),V1: 461
Frame relay,V1: 183
model,V1: 178
technology,V3:172, 782–783
Frames,V1:183.See alsoFraming
XHTML,V2:134 –135
Framework conditions, benchmarking of,
V1:60, 63
Framing,V3: 453
France, e-business in,V1: 809
France Telecom,V1: 602
Franchising,V3: 341
Fraud:
auction,V2:716 –717
eBay,V1: 606
Internet,V2: 451
nondelivery-of-goods,V1: 331
Fraudulent medical insurance claims,
V1: 409
Free-information business model,
V1:133–134
FreeLink ActiveX,V1: 20
Freelotto,V1: 135
FreeMarkets,V1: 677
Free-service business model,V1: 135
Free Software Foundation (FSF),V2:492,
494, 822;V3: 498
Free Software Movement (FSM),
V2:822–823
Free source culture,V2: 824
Free space propagation,V3: 183
Free speech issues,V2:464 – 467;
V3: 96
Freeware,V1:566, 574, 576.See alsoFree
Software Movement
Freeware FTP programs,V1: 573
Freight forwarders, international,V2: 236
Frequency, cell phone,V3:820 –821
Frequency bands, table of,V3: 125
Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM),
V2:665–666, 671, 673
Frequency hopping,V1: 89
spread spectrum in,V1: 95
Frequency programs,V1:321–322, 324
Frequency reuse,V3: 188
FrontPage 2002,V1:17, 18
FTP archives,V1: 825
FTP client software.See alsoFile Transfer
Protocol (FTP)
downloading a file using,V1: 570
types of,V1:573–574
FTP netiquette,V2:281–282
Fulfillment infrastructure,V2: 60
Full-service market-making business
model,V1: 133
Fumigation certificates,V2: 238
Functional planning,V1: 141
Functions:
C/C++,V1:166 –167
Perl,V3:39– 40Funding, of nonprofit organizations,
V2: 681
Fundraising:
e-commerce,V2:676 –677
political,V3: 92
Fundraising/development sites,
V2: 773
Funds transfer,V1:723.See also
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
e-manufacturing and,V1: 723
Funerals, online,V2:806 –807
Future Threat Technologies Symposium,
V1: 366
Fuzzification,V1: 843
Fuzzy e-commerce,V1:846 –849
Fuzzy inference,V1: 843
Fuzzy information agents,V1: 845
Fuzzy intelligent agents,V1:845–846
Fuzzy logic,V1:841–851
on the Internet,V1:844 –846
Fuzzy reasoning,V1: 849
Fuzzy rules,V1:842, 847–848
Fuzzy search agents,V1:844 –845
Fuzzy sets,V1:841–842, 849
Fuzzy systems,V1:842–844Gage, John,V2: 401
Gambling.See alsoGaming
illegal,V1: 349
mobile,V2: 617
Game archives,V2: 4
Game design,V2:1–11
economic impact of game industry,
V2:1–2
elements of computer games,V2:2– 4
game content and,V2:7–8
multiplayer games and networking,
V2:8–9
Game developer resources,V2: 5
Game engines,V2: 8
Game genres,V2:2, 3
Game owners, user support communities
for,V2:4–6
Games:
multiplayer,V2: 210
session-oriented multiplayer,V2: 9
Game theory, fuzzy,V1:848–849
Gaming, online,V2:106.See also
Gambling
Gantt charts,V3:114, 116
Gap analysis, c-commerce,V1: 211
Garage Technology Ventures,V1: 96
“Garbage In, Garbage Out” (GIGO),
V1: 235
Gateway Computers,V3:342, 343
Gateways,V2: 119
packet filter,V1: 833
Gemba,V2: 165
Gender.See alsoWomen
Internet access and,V1: 470
Internet usage and,V2:12–22
Web access and,V3: 668
Gender bias, in Internet adoption,
V2:13–18
General Agreement on Trade in Services
(GATS),V1: 489
General Electric (GE):
automated RFQs at,V1: 123
Global eXchange Services from,
V1: 127Generalized Lloyd Algorithm (GLA),
V1: 391
General Motors (GM),V1:108, 109–110
collaborative virtual reality at,V3: 593
e-procurement by,V1: 646
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS),
V1:667;V2:619;V3:821, 838–839
wireless networks with,V2: 620
General Public License (GPL),V2: 823
Genetic algorithms,V3: 393
for clustering,V1: 404
Geographic Information Systems (GIS),
V2:23–37.See alsoInternet GIS
(I-GIS); Maps; Public Participation
GIS (PPGIS)
applications of,V2:25–31
history of,V2:23–24
users of,V2: 32
Geopolitical factors, Internet diffusion
and,V2: 47
GeoPortals,V2: 307
Germany, e-business in,V1: 809
GET method,V1:173–174
“Ghost” services,V1: 584
GIF files,V1:821.See alsoAnimated
GIFS; Animation GIF ActiveX
GIF graphics,V2: 788
Giro payment,V1:636, 638
Global business:
dialogue,V1:435, 440, 441
taxation issues related to,V3: 417
Global business revolution, supply chains
and,V3:374 –375
Global community services,V1:498, 503
Global coordination,V1: 724
Global digital divide,V2:56.See also
Digital divide
Global Digital Opportunity Initiative,
V1: 474
Global Distribution Systems (GDSs),
travel and,V3:461, 462
Global e-business projects, feasibility of,
V1:803–818
Global e-business strategy,V1:804 –808,
811–812
factors influencing,V1: 805
Global electronic commerce,V2:52–56.
See alsoElectronic commerce
(e-commerce)
advantages and disadvantages of,
V2:55–56
financial issues in,V2:60 –61
future of,V2: 62
growth strategies for,V2:61–62
infrastructure issues in,V2:59–60
legal issues in,V2:57–58
privacy and security issues in,V2:58–59
readiness models for,V2:54 –55
role of governments in,V2:56 –58
Global eXchange Services (GXS),V1: 127
Global Information Technology Report
(GITR),V1: 64
Global Internet diffusion,V2:38–51
in Africa and the Middle East,V2:41– 43
in Asian-Pacific region,V2: 43
in Europe,V2: 43
factors impacting,V2:46–48
history of,V2:38– 41
in Latin America and the Caribbean,
V2:43– 44