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CNET GLOSSARY: Terms for the techie
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finger 
Finger is a Unix program that lets you point at the username or e-mail address of someone on a networked system to get more information about that person. It uncovers that person's full name, most recent log-in time, and other information that the computer collects about users. To "finger" someone means to apply the program to a username.


   
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