FEDI (Financial Electronic Data Interchange):
An EFT transaction which contains payment-related information in an EDI format, within the addenda record. FEDI transactions are normally associated with a Corporate Trade Exchange (CTX) ACH payment format.

FIATA:
Acronym for the International Association of Freight Forwarding Associations. 

Field:
The smallest item of information in a record.

File:
Grouping of records each made up of multiple logical segments. A file is the largest unit of information recognized by the system. Also a collection of related records treated as a basic unit of storage in a computer system.

File Structure:
The format into which a file is arranged by computer, so that the information it contains can be retrieved on demand.

Fixed-length files:
Typically used in proprietary or private EDI standards; the makeup of which is composed of 80-bite segments.

Formats:
A set of records where element lengths and types are defined.

Forwarder:
An intermediary between carrier and owner of goods being transported, who arranges for their carriage and provides incidental services to facilitate the transport.

Free Text:
Textual data that may contain virtually any non-processable information.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol):
A protocol used to transfer files between two computers. Generally used over a TCP/IP-based network.

Functional Acknowledgement:
An EDI message to notify a sender of the receipt of an original message, acknowledging only the receipt of the message but not confiming agreement with, or understanding of the contract.