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Frequently Asked Questions

(Frequently Asked Questions) A group of commonly asked questions about a subject along with the answers. Vendors often display them on their Web sites for use as troubleshooting guidelines. FAQs are widely used to help people solve problems with the hardware and software they purchased.

However, when FAQs are used to augment product descriptions on a Web site, that is a tantamount admission that the documentation is poorly written in the first place. A product explanation that is well written and properly outlined does not need FAQs such as "What is xyz?"

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Frequently asked question(s). A newsgroup user’s question may be said to be “a(n) FAQ,” and he may be referred to “the FAQ,” a newsgroup post, FTP file, or Web site where such questions are answered.

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1. A Frequently Asked Question.

2. A compendium of accumulated lore, posted periodically to high-volume newsgroups in an attempt to forestall such questions. Some people prefer the term ‘FAQ list’ or ‘FAQL’ /fa´kl/, reserving ‘FAQ’ for sense 1.

This lexicon itself serves as a good example of a collection of one kind of lore, although it is far too big for a regular FAQ posting. Examples: “What is the proper type of NULL?” and “What's that funny name for the # character?” are both Frequently Asked Questions. Several FAQs refer readers to the Jargon File.

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For a list of words related to FAQ, see:

• Internet and World Wide Web - FAQ: frequently asked question, usually collected into a list for newcomers to a newsgroup, FTP site, etc.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ofte stillede spørgsmål

Français (French)
n. - forum aux questions, foire aux questions (sur internet)

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Comp.) häufig gestellte Fragen

Ελληνική (Greek)
abbr. - (απαντήσεις στις) συνηθέστερες απορίες

Español (Spanish)
n. - (informática) preguntas formuladas frecuentemente (frequently asked questions)

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - vanliga frågor

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
最常问的问题

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 最常問的問題

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 빈번히 요구되는 질문

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(اختصار) الأسئله التي تتكرر باستمرار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮איכות ממוצעת טובה‬

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