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FAA: Federation architecture and assembly, the manufacturing process for the federation.
FAQ: Frequently asked questions.
Functional: Relating to function that is directly relevant to business logic or data, as opposed to technical system infrastructure concerns or to application architecture concerns.
Functional designer: An IS professional whose main task is the design of applications, including placement of business function, algorithm definition, etc.
Functional developer: A general term applying to either or both functional design and functional programming.
Functional programmer: An IS professional whose main task is program code design and implementation of business function, application algorithms, and related activities.