WAIS
Wide Area Information Server. WAIS is best at searches for various sources
of academic information that has been indexed based on content. Its indexes
consist of every word in a document and each word carries the same weight
in a search.
Wallpaper
A graphical pattern displayed on the desktop.
Web browser
Also known as a Web client program, this software allows you to access
and view HTML documents. Netscape, Mosaic, Lynx, WinWeb, and MacWeb
are some examples of Web browsers.
Web page
A document created with HTML that is part of a group of hypertext documents
or resources available on the World Wide Web.
Web walking
Using a Web client program to move through the documents available on
the World Wide Web. This casual browsing nature of navigating the WWW
has also been referred to as strolling, crawling and jumping.
Webmaster
A person or group of people who maintain and administer a web server.
Webmaster also refers to a standard Email address at most web hosts
where comments and questions can be sent.
White Point
A movable reference point that defines the lightest area in an image,
causing all other areas to be adjusted accordingly.
WHOIS
An Internet program which allows users to query databases of people
and other Internet entities, such as domains, networks, and hosts. The
information for people generally shows a person's company name, address,
phone number and email address.
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Network spanning multiple geographic distances, usually connected by
telephone lines, microwave, or satellite links.
Wildcard
A character (usually * or ?) that can stand for one or more unknown
characters during a search.
Windows
Microsoft software that adds a Mac-like graphical user interface to
IBM PCs and compatibles.
Word Processing
Entering, editing and formatting text with the use of spelling checkers,
outlining, tables, footnotes, and tables of contents.
Workstation
A networked personal computing device with more power than a standard
IBM PC or Macintosh. Typically, a workstation has an operating system
such as UNIX that is capable of running several tasks at the same time.
It has several megabytes of memory and a large high-resolution display.
WWW
World Wide Web or W3 is the hypermedia document presentation system
that can be accessed over the Internet using software called a Web browser.
WYSIWYG
What you see is what you get. The image you see on the screen matches
what will print on paper. Pronounced wizzy-wig.
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