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WAN - Wide Area Network
WAN is a network connecting computers within
very large areas, such as states, countries, and the world. So, WAN is a communications network connecting geographically
separated computers, printers, and other devices. A WAN allows any connected device to interact with any other
on the network. See also LAN.
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WAP - Wireless Application Protocol
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is an application
environment and set of communication protocols for wireless devices designed to enable manufacturer-, vendor-,
and technology-independent access to the Internet and advanced telephony services. WAP is a global standard and
is not controlled by any single company. WAP bridges the gap between the mobile world and the Internet as well
as corporate intranets and offers the ability to deliver an unlimited range of mobile value-added services to subscribers-independent
of their network, bearer, and terminal. Mobile subscribers can access the same wealth of information from a pocket-sized
device as they can from the desktop.
WAP also defines a wireless application environment (WAE) aimed at enabling operators, manufacturers, and content
developers to develop advanced differentiating services and applications including a microbrowser, scripting facilities,
e-mail, World Wide Web (WWW)-to-mobile-handset messaging, and mobile-to-telefax access.
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Warm Boot
Warm Boot is the rebooting of a system by means of
a software command as opposed to turning the power off and on. Opposite of cold boot.
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WebBot component
A dynamic object on a page that is evaluated and
executed when an author saves the page or, in some cases, when a user browses to the page. Most WebBot components
generate HTML. Many built-in FrontPage components, such as Search Forms, Banner Ad Manager, and Save Results Form
Handlers, are implemented as WebBot components. The FrontPage Software Developer's Kit (SDK) contains instructions
for adding custom WebBot components to the FrontPage Editor.
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Web browser
A client application that fetches and displays Web
pages and other World Wide Web resources to the user.
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Web server
A Web server is a type of server that is dedicated
to storing and handling Web-based files.
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Web site
A Web site is a collection of files that are located
on a Web server and available to others to browse. Opposite of local site.
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Winsocks
Stands for "Windows Sockets." Winsocks
is a set of specifications or standards for programmers creating TCP/IP applications for use with Windows.
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Wizard
Wizard provides users an easy and simple way of accomplishing
tasks with step-by-step guides through different computing procedures.
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Workgroup
Workgroup is a collection of workstations and servers
on a LAN that are designated to communicate and exchange data with one another. LAN may contain many different
workgroups according to the company structure such as management, finance, human resources and production.
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Workstation
Workstation is a computer connected to a network
at which users interact with software stored on the network.
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WWW (World Wide Web)
The graphical Internet hypertext service that uses
the HTTP protocol to retrieve Web pages and other resources from Web servers. Pages on the World Wide Web usually
contain hyperlinks to other pages, documents, and files. The World Wide Web is the graphical (as opposed to command-based)
interface to the Internet. Pages are the basic documents of the World Wide Web. They are written in an evolving
language called HTML (HyperText Markup Language). An HTML page contains text and HTML tags — embedded commands
that supply information about the page's structure, appearance, and contents.
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WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
WYSIWYS is an editing interface in which a file being
created is displayed as it will appear to an end-user. The FrontPage Editor and Symantec Visual Page are WYSIWYG
editors.
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WYSIWYG Frames Page Editing
You create and edit Web pages without needing to
know HyperText Markup Language (HTML).
Create and modify frames pages directly within the Editor in a truly WYSYWIG fashion. Choose to create frames from
templates provided or create a custom frames grid with a few clicks of the mouse, then edit the pages and frames
page directly on the screen. Creating and editing frames just as they'll appear in the browser is now remarkably
simple.
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