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W
Waiting for
Call
A telephony signal that
Network Connections has put the modem in Listen mode and is waiting for
incoming calls.
warning
level
The point at which users
are nearing their quota limit.
Web Distributed Authoring and
Versioning (WebDAV)
An application protocol
related to HTTP 1.1 that allows clients to transparently publish and
manage resources on the World Wide Web.
Web server
A computer that is
maintained by a system administrator or Internet service provider (ISP)
and that responds to requests from a user's browser.
WebDAV
well-connected
Sufficient connectivity
to make your network and Active Directory useful to clients on your
network. The precise meaning of well-connected is determined by your
particular needs.
wide area network
(WAN)
A communications network
connecting geographically separated computers, printers, and other
devices. A WAN allows any connected device to interact with any other on
the network.
wildcard
character
A keyboard character that
can be used to represent one or many characters when conducting a query.
The question mark (?) represents a single character, and the asterisk (*)
represents one or more characters.
wildcarding
In DNS, the supported use
of wildcard characters such as the asterisk (*) in domain names for DNS
queries that resolve to multiple names. When wildcarding is used, DNS
servers must support resolving name queries that use wildcard characters,
and resolvers must be able to parse multiple records from any resource
record sets (RRsets) issued in wildcard query
responses.
window
A portion of the screen
where programs and processes can be run. You can open several windows at
the same time. For example, you can open your e-mail in one window, work
on a budget in a spreadsheet in another, download pictures from your
digital camera in another window, and order your weekly groceries on the
Web in another window. Windows can be closed, resized, moved, minimized to
a button on the taskbar, or maximized to take up the whole
screen.
Windows Internet Name Service
(WINS)
A software service that
dynamically maps IP addresses to computer names (NetBIOS names). This
allows users to access resources by name instead of requiring them to use
IP addresses that are difficult to recognize and remember. WINS servers
support clients running Windows NT 4.0 and earlier versions of
Microsoft operating systems.
Windows Management Instrumentation
(WMI)
A management
infrastructure in Windows that supports monitoring and controlling system
resources through a common set of interfaces and provides a logically
organized, consistent model of Windows operation, configuration, and
status.
Windows Open Services Architecture
(WOSA)
A common set of
interfaces that connect front-end applications with back-end
services.
WINS proxy
A computer that listens
to name query broadcasts and responds for those names not on the local
subnet. The proxy communicates with a WINS server to resolve names and
then caches them for a specific time period.
WINS
resource
A resource type that
provides Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) from a
cluster.
Winsock
Windows Sockets. An
application programming interface (API) standard for software that
provides a TCP/IP interface under Windows.
wireless
communication
Communication between a
computer and another computer or device without wires. The form of
wireless communication provided as part of the Windows operating system
uses infrared light to transmit files. Radio frequencies, as used by
cellular and cordless telephones, are another form of wireless
communication.
workgroup
A simple grouping of
computers, intended only to help users find such things as printers and
shared folders within that group. Workgroups in Windows do not offer the
centralized user accounts and authentication offered by
domains.
working
set
For a process, the amount
of physical memory assigned to a process by the operating
system.
World Wide
Web
A system for exploring
the Internet by using hyperlinks. When you use a Web browser, the Web
appears as a collection of text, pictures, sounds, and digital
movies.
writable
CD
Recordable compact disc
(CD-R) or rewritable compact disc (CD-RW). Data can be copied to the CD on
more than one occasion. Rewritable compact discs can also be
erased.
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