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WAC

Web Access Control

Software to allow corporations to control wired and wireless access to applications and data to authorised users

 

WAIS

Wide Area Information Server

A system used for performing keyword searches over the internet to large distributed databases

 

WAN

Wide Area Network

Namely a network connecting devices over long distance, often extending one LAN to another.

 

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol

Similar to HTML but geared to mobile user access to Internet

 

WAS

        Web Attached Storage

 

WASP

        Wirelesss Application Service Provider

        Provides a wireless front end for legacy applications and databases

 

WATS

        Wide Area Telecommunications Service

 

WCMP

        Wireless Control Message Protocol

 

WDM

        Wavelength Division Multiplexor

 

WDP

        Wireless Datagram Protocol

 

WDS

Well Defined Services

An XML document that provides non operational information about a service

 

WIMPS

Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers, Scroll Bars

 

WINS

        Windows Internet Name Service

 

WISP

        Wireless Internet Service Provider

 

WMF

        Windows MetaFile

 

WML

        Wireless Markup Language

 

WORM

Write Once Read Many

Generally used in the association of CD technology of writing by laser to a disc which can then be read as per a normal file, but not updated

 

WP

        Word Processor

        An application designed to enable simple or complex document functions

 

WPBX

        Wireless Private Branch eXchange

 

WPKI

        Wireless Public Key Infrastructure

 

WRAM

Windows Random Access Memory

Similar to graphics RAM but capable of faster operation

 

WSDL

        Web Services Description Language

        An XML based syntax for describing web services which are then stored using UDDI

 

WSL

        Wireless Markup Language

 

WSP

        Wireless Session Protocol

 

WTA

        Wireless Telephony Application

 

WTAI

        Wireless Telephony Application Interface

 

WTLS

        Wireless Transport Layer Security

 

WTN

        Wiring Termination Node

 

WTP

        Wireless Transaction Protocol

 

WTS

Wireless Transport Security

 

WUG

Wireless User Group

 

WWW

World Wide Web

Hypertext pages hosted globally and accessible via the Internet

 

WYSIWYG

What You See Is What You Get

Displays on the screen exactly what will be printed.