Failover clustering
Failover clustering groups servers so if one fails, another automatically takes over, delivering high availability, fault tolerance, and reduced downtime.
Failover clustering groups servers so if one fails, another automatically takes over, delivering high availability, fault tolerance, and reduced downtime.
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A fakeout is a deceptive price move that appears to break a key level, then reverses. Learn how to spot fakeouts and avoid false breakouts in trading.
Falling knife: a sharp, rapid drop in a stock's price, why catching it is risky, common causes, and when investors wait for stabilization.
Falling wedge pattern: a bullish reversal marked by converging downward trendlines and shrinking momentum, often preceding a breakout above resistance.
Faster Payments Service (FPS) is the UK system for near-instant bank transfers, operating 24/7 with real-time confirmation and typical limits up to £250k.
FATF Travel Rule: requires VASPs to share originator and beneficiary info for crypto transfers to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
Fault tolerance is a system's ability to keep operating when components fail, via redundancy and load balancing across cloud, data center, and web apps.
Fee revenue sharing is when mutual funds share a portion of fees with recordkeepers to cover plan admin, affecting 401(k) costs and fiduciary duties.
Fibonacci retracement level: a chart tool using Fibonacci ratios to mark potential support and resistance, guide pullback entries, and set price targets.
A field programmable gate array (FPGA) is a user-programmable chip for custom hardware, widely used in crypto mining and high-performance computing.
A Fill or Kill (FOK) order must execute completely and immediately or be canceled in full. Learn how FOK orders work and when traders use them.
Financial Information eXchange (FIX) is an open standard for real-time trading messages, covering orders, execution reports, and post-trade workflows.
Financial messaging is the standardized exchange of messages between institutions to process payments, enhance security, and support compliance.
First In is the rule that the earliest acquired inventory or securities are sold first under FIFO, shaping COGS, profit reporting, and capital gains tax.
Flashbots is a research and development organization focused on addressing the issues of maximal extractable value (MEV) in blockchain networks, particularly Ethereum.
Flash crash: a sudden, steep, and volatile drop in security prices occurring within minutes or seconds, typically followed by a quick recovery.
Flash loan: an uncollateralized DeFi loan borrowed and repaid within one blockchain transaction, used for arbitrage, collateral swaps, and liquidations.
Flash swap: a DeFi AMM feature to borrow tokens without collateral and repay in one atomic transaction; used for arbitrage, with fees and risks.
Flatcoin is a type of cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value by being pegged to a specific asset or basket of assets, often used to hedge against inflation.
Flippening: the hypothetical event where Ethereum overtakes Bitcoin by market capitalization or other metrics, signaling a shift in crypto dominance.
Flipping is buying an asset at a lower price, improving it, and quickly reselling for profit, most commonly house flipping in real estate.
A fork in blockchain is a protocol change that splits one chain into two. Soft forks are backward compatible; hard forks create a new chain.
Fraud prevention comprises policies, controls and technologies that detect, deter and mitigate fraud in transactions, protecting businesses and customers.
Fraud scoring is the assessment of transaction risk using data and machine learning, generating a fraud risk score to flag high-risk transactions.
Frictionless transactions refer to seamless and efficient exchanges of goods, services, or information, characterized by minimal barriers or delays.
Friendly fraud, or first-party fraud, is when a cardholder disputes a valid purchase, triggering a chargeback. Includes causes, indicators, and prevention.
Front running is the unethical practice of a broker trading an equity based on advance knowledge of pending orders from its customers.
FUD is fear, uncertainty and doubt—misinformation that sways crypto sentiment. Explore FUD market impact and ways investors can limit it.
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