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WAP
Wireless Application Protocol. A device-independent standard for wireless communication between handheld devices. WAP utilizes a modified version of the TCP/IP protocol to transmit data between devices or networks, making it possible to connect to the Internet via cell phones, for example. See also: WML
WML
Wireless Markup Language. WML is used to create applications and present data on small displays such as those found on cell phones and other wireless handheld devices. WML works together with the WAP protocol. See also: WAP
WWW
World Wide Web. The sum of computer networks and individual workstations connected via the HTTP protocol. The WWW is mainly used to access and store information on the Internet. It is a media-rich, hypertext-based system, in which the user can navigate between Web pages using hypertext links. See also: Hypertext, Internet
WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get. WYSIWYG software lets the user manipulate text and graphics directly and automatically creates the corresponding code. WYSIWYG word processors, web page editors and similar programs often claim that the page shown on the screen exactly mirrors the one which will be printed or displayed the Internet, but it is better not to take the catchphrase literally.
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