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WAN
Wide Area Network; a network that connects users at separate geographical sites, often covering several cities or countries, and in some cases spanning the globe.
What You See Is What You Ge (WYSIWYG)
Applies to software systems that display printed material on the screen just as it will appear when printed. This helps the operator to make changes to the printed layout without continually reprinting the document. It is one of the major advantages of Graphical User Interface (GUI) word processor over their character-based predecessors, which were not generally capable of WYSIWYG displays.
Wide Area Network
(See "WAN".)
Windows 95
Microsoft's PC operating system with a 32-bit channel, but still using much 16-bit microcode. Windows 95 allows true multi-tasking, enabling the processor to undertake more than one set of program instructions at the same time. It also allows better central control of network users by defining what they can and cannot do within the system as a whole and on their own machines.
Windows NT
Microsoft's Windows NT for servers is a generation of Windows operating system designed around a full 32-bit architecture, and is, therefore, inherently very fast.
workstation
In general, a combination of input, output and computing hardware that can be used for work by an individual. More often, however, the term refers to a powerful stand-alone computer of the sort used in computer-aided design and other applications requiring a high-end machine with considerable calculating or graphics capability.
World Wide Web (WWW)
A Global network information retrieval system developed by CERN. The World Wide Web is now synonymous with the Internet.
worm
(See "Write Once, Read Many times (worm)".)
write
Send data to memory or to a storage device. A Microsoft text editor or simple word processor.
Write Once, Read Many times (worm)
A CD-ROM device that uses a powerful laser beam to etch a specially coated surface of a disk, then reads the data later with a lower powered laser. Hence the data can only be written onto the disk once, but can be read many times.
write-protect
The process of guarding a disk from being written to or changed. To write-protect a 5.25" disk, affix a write-protect tab. To write-protect a 3.5" disk, slide the plastic tab so you can see through the hole.
WWW
(See "World Wide Web (WWW)".)
WYSIWYG
(See "What You See Is What You Ge (WYSIWYG)".)
Several glossary definitions supplied and copyrighted by:
Microsoft® Corporation. To order the Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary, call Microsoft Press at 800-MSPRESS.
MDA Computing Ltd. For MDA Computing�s complete glossary of terms, go to www.mdagroup.com.
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