1. fine grain granularity finger A Unix program that displays information about a particular user or all users logged on the system, or a remote system. Finger typically shows full name, last login time, idle time, terminal line, and terminal location where applicable. It may also display a plan file left by the user see also Hacking X for Y. Some versions take a "-l" long argument which yields more information. [Jargon File]
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