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FIRST

(Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams) Founded in 1990, FIRST coordinates the efforts of dozens of CERTs, mostly governmental, from around the world. See CERT.

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first

1. preceding all others in numbering or counting order; the ordinal number of one. Often written: 1st

2. denoting the lowest forward ratio of a gearbox in a motor vehicle

3. Music

a. denoting the highest part assigned to one of the voice parts in a chorus or one of the sections of an orchestra

b. denoting the principal player in a specific orchestral section

4. Education chiefly Brit an honours degree of the highest class

5. the lowest forward ratio of a gearbox in a motor vehicle; low gear

6. Music

a. the highest part in a particular section of a chorus or orchestra

b. the instrument or voice taking such a part

c. the chief or leading player in a section of an orchestra; principal

7. Music a rare word for prime