DataWare Housing Glossary of Terms - 'F'

Fact Table	The tables which are extracted from heterogeneous sources and used in the Data Wareahouse
Factless Fact	A fact table without any metrics in it
Flat File	a collection of records containing no data aggregates, nested repeated data items, or groups of data items.
Functional Decomposition	the division of operations into hierarchical functions that form the basis for procedures.