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Ferrule: Ferrule is Latin for "small bracelet." The word has many definitions, such as the band of metal that holds the eraser on the end of a pencil, a part on a golf club, a metal band used on the crown or root of a tooth, the tip on a walking stick or crutch, the white section of a pool cuestick that holds the padded tip, the metal band between the head and handle of a paintbrush, a component to align/protect a fiber optic cable, and so on. In musical terms, a ferrule is a small band of metal used to keep wooden instruments from splitting, and also the band that holds the fibers on a violin or other bow. On string-through-body electric guitars like the Fender Telecaster, a ferrule is a small cup-shaped piece of metal with a hole in the end that secures the string in the back of the guitar body. Ferrules are also used with screws to secure the neck on some guitars and basses with carved neck heels where a neckplate won't work.

F-Hole	Factory Preset	Fadeout
Fader	Fairlight CMI	Falsetto
Fan Strutting	FAQ	Faraday Shield (or Faraday Cage)
Far Field	FAT	Fat-32
FDDI	Feathering	Feedback
Feedback Eliminator	Fender "Woodies"	Fender Blender
Ferro Fluid	Ferrule	Field Effect Transistor (FET)
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Flamenco	Flange/Flanging	Flash
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Flatwound	Fleck	Fletcher-Munson Curves
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Floppy Disk	Flutter	Flutter Echo
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FM Synthesis	FOH	Foil Shield
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Foley	Fool	Footswitch
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FreeMIDI	Free Reed	Free Reed
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FSF (Free Software Foundation)	FSK	FTP
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FUN	Function Generator	Fundamental
Funky Drummer	Fuse	Fusion