Look up: finger

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   Finger
   Finger is a computer program that displays a particular user or all users logged on the system or a remote system. Typically it shows the full name, last login time, idle time, terminal line, and terminal location (where applicable).
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   Finger
   Finger is a city in McNairy County Tennessee, USA
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   Finger
   Software that allows the user to enter the address of an Internet site to find information about that system's users or a particular user. Some finger addresses return other topic-specific information.
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   finger
   [n] - the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure 2. [n] - any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb) 3. [n] - the part of a glove that provides a covering for one of the fingers 4. [v] - search for on the computer 5. [v] - feel or handle with the fingers 6. [v] - indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments
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   Finger
   An Internet software tool for locating people on other Internet sites.
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   Finger
   a simple form of interrogation of a remote machine or user - the response may be details of who is currently logged onto the system or other informatiom as decided by the system operator - if an individual is 'fingered', they may respond with a 'plan' file giving witty and/or useful information about the user
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   finger
   (tool) A Unix program that displays information about a particular user or all users logged on the system, or a remote system. Finger typically shows full name, last login time, idle time, terminal line, and terminal location (where applicable). It may also display a plan file left by the user (see also Hacking X for Y). Some versions take a '-l...
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   finger
   See gold finger.
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   finger
   a small flexible metal wire positioned at a desired crosspoint and held there to cause the contacts to remain closed for the duration of a call Category: Electrical engineering and energy • covered way projecting from the terminal building along which passengers walk to reach the aircraft Category: Transport • every plate carries a series of --, from three to ten. Catego...
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    Finger
    Fin'ger (fĭn'gẽr) noun [ Anglo-Saxon finger ; akin to Dutch vinger , Old Saxon & Old High German fingar , German finger , Icelandic fingr , Swedish & Danish finger , Goth. figgrs ; of unknown origin; perhaps akin to English fang .] 1. One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extrem ...
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    Finger
    Fin'ger transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fingered ; present participle & verbal noun Fingering .] 1. To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with. « Let the papers lie; You would be fingering them to anger me.» Shak. 2. To touch lightly; to toy with. 3. (Mu ...
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    Finger
    Fin'ger intransitive verb (Mus.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument. Busby.
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    finger
    1. One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; especially, one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb. ... 2. <mechanics> Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an ...
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    finger
    noun one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb
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    finger
    noun any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); `her fingers were long and thin`
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    finger
    thumb verb feel or handle with the fingers; `finger the binding of the book`
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    finger
    verb indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments
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    finger
    finger`s breadth noun the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
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    Finger
    Human fingers; 15kbFingers of the human left hand A `finger` is a type of digit, an organ of manipulation and sensation found in the hands of humans and other primates. Normally humans have five digits on each hand (exceptions are polydactyly, hypodactyly and digit loss). The first digit is the thumb, followed by index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger or pinky. Some other languages use the same generic term for all five digi...
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    finger
    (fing´gәr) one of the five digits of the hand.
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    Finger
    • (n.) One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb. • (v. i.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument. • (v. t.) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing. • (n.) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in pla...
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    finger
    (from the article `joint`) ...side, just as the diameter and curvature of an ellipse vary in directions at right angles to each other (hence the name). The joint between the ... Amputation of a phalanx or whole finger, usually as a form of sacrifice or in demonstration of mourning, was common among North American Indians, ... in the...
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    finger
    ancient and medieval measure of 18yard, or 4 12inches (11.4 cm), used primarily to measure lengths of cloth. The finger derives ultimately from the ... [1 related articles]
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    finger
    One of the digits of the hand. Syn: digitus manus TA [A.S.]
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    finger
    a traditional unit of distance equal to 2 nails or 4.5 inches (11.43 centimeters). This unit represents the length of the middle finger, from the tip to the joint where the finger is attached to the hand.
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