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WAIS (Wide Area Information Service) |
n. A network information system that enables clients to search documents on the World Wide Web.
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wallet |
n. Software that enables a user to make approved payments to authenticated merchants over public networks and to manage payment card accounts and purchases.
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WAN |
See wide area network.
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warm start |
1. n. The start of a database management system with preprocessing of before-images. 2. n. A restart that allows reuse of previously initialized input and output work queues.
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Web |
See World Wide Web
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Web browser |
n. A client program that initiates requests to a Web server and displays the information that the server returns.
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Web page |
n. Any document that can be accessed by a uniform resource locator (URL) on the World Wide Web.
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Web server |
n. A server that is connected to the Internet and is dedicated to serving Web pages.
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Web site |
n. A Web server that is managed by a single entity (an organization or an individual) and contains information in hypertext for its users, often including hypertext links to other Web sites. Each Web site has a home page. In a uniform resource locator (URL), the Web site is indicated by the fully qualified domain name. For example, in the URL http://www.networking.ibm.com/nsg/nsgmain.htm, the Web site is indicated by www.networking.ibm.com, which is the fully qualified domain name.
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Webmaster |
n. The person who is ultimately responsible for managing and maintaining a particular Web site.
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WebSphere |
n. A family of IBM software products that provide a development and deployment environment for basic Web publishing and for transaction-intensive, enterprise-scale e-business applications.
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well-behaved application program |
n. An application program that runs without disruption to the network.
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wide area network (WAN) |
1. n. A network that provides communication services to a geographic area larger than that served by a local area network or a metropolitan area network, and that may use or provide public communication facilities. 2. n. A data communication network designed to serve an area of hundreds or thousands of miles; for example, public and private packet-switching networks, and national telephone networks.
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wideband |
See broadband.
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wild duck |
n. A creative or technical person who does unconventional things. The term implies respect and an acknowledgment that many of that person's ideas turn out to be valuable.
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window [1] |
1. n. A portion of a display surface in which display images pertaining to a particular application can be presented. Different applications can be displayed simultaneously in different windows. 2. n. An area with visible boundaries that presents a view of an object or with which a user conducts a dialog with a computer system.
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window [2] |
3. n. In data communication, the number of data packets a data terminal equipment (DTE) or data circuit-terminating equipment (DCE) can send across a logical channel before waiting for authorization to send another data packet. The window is the main mechanism of pacing, or flow control, of packets.
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wing-tipped warrior |
n. An experienced and proficient IBM Marketing Representative. A "wing-tip" is a style of dress shoe that has a wing-like pattern of dots punched in the leather on the toes.
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WinSock application programming interface (API) |
n. A socket-style transport interface developed for the Windows family of operating systems.
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wireless |
adj. Pertaining to communication that typically occurs over radio frequencies.
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wiring closet |
n. A room that contains one or more equipment racks and distribution panels that are used to connect cables.
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wizard |
n. A dialog within an application that uses step-by-step instructions to guide a user through a specific task.
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wordsmith |
v. To create or edit a memo, letter, speech or other document with a word processor usually with a view to improve it or make it more acceptable to others. The phrase is usually used by people who do not write professionally (as in: "All it needs is a little wordsmithing.").
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work space |
1. n. That portion of main storage that is used by a computer program for temporary storage of data. 2. n. In Tivoli NetView, a container for a set of event cards that meet certain criteria.
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work-around |
n. A technique suggested by an engineering or programming department for getting around a problem or bug until a more permanent repair can be made.
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workstation |
1. n. A functional unit at which a user works. A workstation often has some processing capability. 2. n. One or more programmable or nonprogrammable devices that allow a user to do work. 3. n. A terminal or microcomputer, usually one that is connected to a mainframe or to a network, at which a user can perform applications.
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World Trade |
n. IBM's international business and organization outside the United States. In recent years, this area of the world has been referred to as "the geographies."
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World Wide Web |
n. A network of servers that contain programs and files. Many of the files contain hypertext links to other documents available through the network.
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wrap |
v. In general, to go from the maximum to the minimum in computer storage. For example, the continuation of an operation from the maximum value in storage to the first minimal value.
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write access |
n. In computer security, permission to write to an object.
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