File REQuest In FidoNet Technology Networks, the File Request protocol allows a user on one BBS to access files from a second BBS without going through the registration procedure on the second BBS The sysop of the second BBS must define which files are "FREQable" on that BBS The kinds of files commonly made available for FREQing are lists of files available on a BBS, information about the network(s) of which that BBS is a part, and text or program files which the sysop considers of particular value to a wider audience For example, a BBS run by a software company may have demo versions of the software for sale, device drivers, patch files, help files, and so on An analogous term in the Internet is ftp
Short for "File REQuest " It is used to get program(s) from a BBS, without logging on Only Sysops can FREQ files from other Sysops Users generally ask the Sysop to FREQ file(s) for them