FAQ -- (Frequently Asked Questions)
FAQs are documents that list and answer the most common questions on a particular subject. There are hundreds of FAQs on subjects as diverse as Pet Grooming and Cryptography. FAQs are usually written by people who have tired of answering the same question over and over.

FDDI -- (Fibre Distributed Data Interface)
A standard for transmitting data on optical fibre cables at a rate of around 100,000,000 bits-per-second (10 times as fast as 10-BaseT Ethernet, about twice as fast as T-3).
See also: Ethernet, T-3

Finger
An Internet software tool for locating people on other Internet sites. 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.

Fire Wall
A combination of hardware and software that separates a Network into two or more parts for security purposes.

Flash
This is by far the most popular multi-media technology available today. One of the
reasons for this is pre-installed on most modern browsers. It therefore accounts for 90% of the market, e.g. 90% of web surfers already have the Flash plug-in installed on their browser, so no download is necessary.

Another reason why it is so popular, is that it is able to compress animations into extremely small files that look very impressive. It is different to other multimedia technologies in that a whole web site can be created using Flash, instead of html, and the effects can be amazing. The latest version of Flash integrates streaming media.

FTP
File transfer protocol is one of the most basic ways of transferring information over the Internet.

Full Flash Entry Page Presentation
A full entry page presentation gives maximum opportunity to get your clients message across and create real impact. It allows a full advertising message, stressing the benefits of their company's products and services, to be presented in a dynamic multimedia presentation. This can incorporate sound, images, animation, music, text, voiceovers, music and even video. All these are put together in a very dynamic way, that when used correctly is probably one of the
most effective advertising formats ever created. So if your client wants to truly maximise their company's corporate or product message - this is the ideal way to do it. Our highly talented designers will take the brief and turn it into something that will truly astound them.


Flash Presentation or Microsite
A flash presentation or microsite is one of the most effective marketing tools you can use on your site. This harnesses the full multimedia capabilities of flash and can include sound, images, animation, music, text, voiceovers, music and even video. This provides the ability to deliver an incredibly dynamic and impressive presentation of your company, products or services that cannot be achieved in any other way. This is a far larger presentation than would be shown on the entry page allowing more information to be provided.

Typically it is linked to your site through an icon or button advertising the tour or presentation. When the user clicks on this, a new window will open and the viewer will be presented with a series of screens each focussing on a different benefit or feature. The user can interact with the presentation, clicking to go onto the next screen or making choices about what aspects they want further information on. The set-up includes the interface design to create a consistent and user-friendly navigation system to present the flash content in the most effective way. In addition to the interface, you will have the interactive screens which provide the content and main presentation. Usually a presentation of this sort will consist of around 10 screens.

Full Flash base Site
For true online impact, a full flash based version of your site cannot be beaten.
Typically you would have an entry page giving the viewer an option of a standard html site or the full flash based site. Alternatively a special script can be used to detect whether the browser has flash installed, what connection speed they are using and what server, for the most appropriate version. The full flash based site requires a lot of skilled work and can be very time consuming. This shouldn't be confused with a html site containing flash animations.

Here we are talking about a complete flash based site which offers huge advantages in what can be done over its html equivalent. The first stage, just like any site is to develop the user interface. This serves the same purpose as the interface for a static site e.g. to provide a consistent look and feel, and present the main content in the most effective and attractive manner, while giving excellent usability and navigation. So a considerable time needs to be spent on this area for a truly effective flash site. Once the interface has been created, then our skilled developers will create the rest of the flash based site in a way that makes maximum use of the interactive nature of flash - to create a truly inspirational site.