FAQ — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A list of questions said to be frequently asked, and their answers.

   Usage

   • Internet

   Examples

   This site's FAQ says you should log in to access some pages.

   More examples (3)

   The most obvious difficulty with an FAQ page is being able to identify the right questions. Government can struggle to identify the real problems people encounter when using its services.

   For example, the FAQ page comments that ‘the term “incel” is an abbreviated version and sniglonym of the term “involuntary celibacy,” whose usage reaches back at least to the 18th century.”’ The term ‘sniglonym’ is itself an example of deploying verbose language. The word refers to a term whose date of coinage postdates the pre-existing concept or object it defines.

   The internal communications also show Palantir leadership preparing for a potential backlash from employees or outsiders, with them writing FAQs that can be sent to friends or family that start to ask about Palantir’s work with ICE. […] In the leaked Slack messages, Jain said that Palantir was working to include updates about this work into an FAQ with the company’s PCL, or Privacy and Civil Liberties team.

2. A document that details how to play and win a video game; a strategy guide.

Noun

1. a list of questions that are frequently asked (about a given topic) along with their answers

   Broader terms

   listlisting