Each finger extended represents one-eighth of a cent. Thus when all four fingers and the thumb are extended, all being spread out from one another, it means five-eighths.
To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages
A program that displays information about someone on the Internet When you are logged in, type finger followed by the e-mail address of the person you want to know more about and it can tell you whether or not a person is logged on, what their actual name is, and when they last logged on Not all Internet Service Providers support this feature Even for the ones that do, the user has to give filepermission to allow people from other hosts to see this information A Unix program that helps you find out information about someone else on the Internet
disapproval If you tell someone to pull their finger out or to get their finger out, you are telling them rudely that you want them to start doing some work or making an effort. Isn't it about time that you pulled your finger out?
A protocol with which you can get information about a user on the Internet It is generally only available for UNIX systems, although there are also clients for Macintosh and Windows
An Internet software tool for locating people on other Internet sites Many sites do not allow incoming Finger requests, but many do
If you cross your fingers, you put one finger on top of another and hope for good luck. If you say that someone is keeping their fingers crossed, you mean they are hoping for good luck. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they turn up soon
To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument, (b) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages
A software tool for locating people on other Internet sites Finger is also sometimes used to give access to non-personal information
An Internet software tool for locating people on other Internet sites Finger is also used to give access to non-personal information, but the most common use is to see if a person has an account at a particular Internet site Many sites do not allow incoming Finger requests, but many do
An Internet utility that enables a user to obtain information on other users who may be at other sites (if those sites permit access by finger) Given an e-mail address, finger returns the user's full name, an indication of whether or not the user is currently logged on, and any information other users have chosen to supply as a profile Given a first or last name, finger returns the logon names of users whose first names match It can also show the last time the user logged on, idle time, terminal line, and terminal location (where applicable), and even project files left by the user
An Internet software tool for locating people on other Internet sites It provides information about someone connected to a host computer (e g , e-mail address) Many sites do not allow incoming Finger requests