W
- WAIS
- See Wide Area Index System (WAIS).
- WAN
- See Wide Area Network (WAN).
- Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM)
- A means of multiplexing different wavelengths of light onto the
same physical fiber-optic communications line pair, allowing up to
a 40x increase in bandwidth. A single wavelength of light limits a
T1 line to 1.4 Mb/s (+/- allowing for clocking); using different
wavelengths of light allow the same fiber pair to carry 60Mb/s of data.
- WCP
- See Wellfleet Compression Protocol (WCP).
- WDM
- See Wave Division Multiplexing.
- Wellfleet Compression Protocol (WCP)
- The proprietary protocol that allows Wellfleet routers to make
more efficient use of network bandwidth for inter-router communications.
- Wide Area Index System (WAIS)
- A means for indexing and searching WWW documents.
- Wide Area Network (WAN)
- A network of machines in a wide area,
such as one or more metropolitan areas. Can consist of multiple
Local Area Networks (LAN).
- Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
- A system that determines the IP address associated with a particular
network computer. This is called name resolution. WINS supports network
client and server computers running Windows and can provide name
resolution for other computers with special arrangements. Determining
the IP address for a computer is a complex process when
DHCP servers assign IP addresses dynamically.
For example, it is possible for DHCP to assign a different IP address
to a client each time the machine logs on to the network. See also
Domain Name Service (DNS).
- Windows NT File System (NTFS)
- One of the file system for the
Windows NT operating system (Windows NT also supports the FAT file system). NTFS has features to
improve reliability, such as transaction logs to help recover
from disk failures. To control access to files, you can set
permissions for directories, individual files, or both. NTFS
files are not accessible from other operating systems such as DOS.
- WINS
- See Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS).
- WKS record
- See DNS record types, WKS record.
- World Wide Web (WWW)
- A hypertext-based client/server model
for finding and accessing resources on the Internet.
- worm
- A virus-like program designed to damage your data and/or negatively
affect your productivity. See virus.
- WWW
- See World Wide Web (WWW).