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4. WAB Windows Filename extension
5. WAC Address by Microsoft
6. WACK Book
7. WADS
Wholesale Wholesale
8. WAE Applications Applications
Community Community

Wait This means the
acknow- receiving station is
ledgement not ready to receive
the ACK.

Write-Ahead A data set containing
Data Set log records that
reflect completed
operations and are not
yet written to an
online log data set.

Wireless The top most level in
Application the WAP suite, which
Environment combines both the
WWW and Mobile
Telephony
technologies.

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9. WAF Web Attacks against Web-
Application based applications, as
10. WAI- Firewall well as PCI
ARIA requirements to
address Web
application security.

Web A draft technical
Accessibility specification
Initiative - published by the
Accessible World Wide Web
Rich Consortium that
Internet specifies how to
Applications increase the
accessibility of
dynamic content and
user interface
components
developed with Ajax,
HTML, JavaScript
and related
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11. WAIS Wide Area Developed in the early
12. WAL Information 1990s WAIS was the
Servers first truly large-scale
system to allow the
indexing of huge
quantities of
information on the
Web, and to make
those indices
searchable across
networks such as the
Internet. WAIS was
also pioneering in its
use of ranked results
where the software
tries to determine how
relevant each result it.

Wats A line class marked as
Access a WATS line,
Line provided from an
equal access end
office. The WATS
access line provides
the same service and
features as a normal
business line.

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13. WALE Wats A WAL provided to a
14. WAMP Access customer served by an
Line end office which has
Extension not been converted to
equal access through
an end office which
has been converted.

Windows, Web applications
Apache, platform
Mysql,
PHP (or
Perl or
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15. WAN Wide Area Used to distinguish the
16. WAP Network broader
telecommunication
structure from a local
area network (LAN). A
wide area network may
be composed entirely
of private structures,
but the term seems to
also connote the
inclusion of public
networks and all kinds
of transmission media.

Wireless WAP is a set of
Application specifications
Protocol developed by the WAP
Forum for efficient
communication of data
over wireless networks
to small devices, such
as personal digital
assistants and cell
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17. WARIA Workflow The charter of the
18. WAS And WARIA is to
Reengineering identify and
International clarify issues that
Association are common to
users of workflow,
electronic
commerce and
those who are in
the process of
reengineering their
organizations.

Web Web Application
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19. WATS Wide Area Long distance
20. WAVE Telecom- service provided by
munications- various carriers that
Telephone includes both
Service intrastate and
interstate service for
outgoing and
incoming (800) calls.
WATS provides a
bulk savings plan for
companies with a
high volume of toll
calls, such as
telemarketing.

Wide Area Cisco's engine
Virtuali- perform WAN
zation optimization focused
Engine on Layer 4 to Layer
7 (application layer)
and host Windows
Services through
virtualization
components at the
branch.

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21. WBEM Web-Based An initiative started
22. WBMP Enterprise by BMC software,
Management Compaq, Cisco,
Intel and Microsoft
in 1996 and accepted
by the Desktop
Management Task
Force (now known
as the "Distributed
Management Task
Force") in 1998.

Wireless A graphic format
BitMaP optimized for mobile
computing devices.
A WBMP image is
identified using a
TypeField value,
which describes
encoding
information.

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23. WCF Windows Set of .NET
Commu- technologies for
nication building and running
Foundation connected systems.

24. WCS Web WCS framework
customer consists of Knowledge
service base for self-service, E-
mail response
management, web chat,
Collaborative browsing
and Multichannel
interaction recording.

25. WCS Websphere IBM Software platform
Commerce framework for e-
Server commerce, including
marketing, sales,
customer and order
processing functionality
in a tailorable,
integrated package.

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26. WD Western An industry leader in
27. WDDM Digital the disk drive and
28. WDDX drive controller
industry.

Windows The graphics driver
Display model supported by
Driver Windows Vista that's
Model required for display
of the full Aero Glass
effects.

Web An XML based
Distributed technology that
Data facilitates complex
Exchange data exchange
between Web
programming
languages
(ColdFusion, Perl,
ASP, Java,
JavaScript, PHP, and
others).

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29. WDF Windows Strategy for the next
30. WDM Driver generation of
Foundation Windows drivers.
WDF defines a single
driver model that
supports the creation
of object-oriented,
event-driven drivers
for either kernel mode
or user mode.

Wavelength Optical transmission
Division technique in which
Multiplexing two or more
wavelengths, are
combined for
transmission over a
single optical fiber. At
the receiving end, the
wavelengths are
separated and directed
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31. WDOG Watchdog Provides constant
32. WDS protocol validation of active
workstation
connections and
notifies the NetWare
operating system
when a connection
may be terminated as
a result of lengthy
periods without
communication.

Wireless A technology that
Distribution enables access points
System to communicate with
one another in order
to extend the range of
a wireless network.
WDS is appearing in
802.11g-based access
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33. WDT Watch Dog A 16 bit counter that
Timer resets the processor
34. WEB when it rolls over to
CAM zero. The watchdog
timer is a fail-safe
35. WEB mechanism that
DAV intervenes if a system
stops functioning or in
case of a code crash.

WEB Kind of cheap TV
Camera camera which you can
use for video
conferencing over the
internet, or just showing
off.

Web-based A set of extensions to
Distributed the HTTP protocol that
Authoring allows multiple users to
and not only read but also to
Versioning add, delete, and change
documents residing on
a web server.

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36. WEB- Web A group of people
INAR Seminar viewing a seminar
presented over the
37. WEEE Web.

Waste European Union
Electrical directive (2002/96/EC)
and making manufacturers
Electronic responsible for
Equipment financing the recycling
of end-of-life
equipment.

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38. WEP Wired WEP: wireless feature
39. WES Equivalent used to encrypt and
Privacy decrypt data signals
transmitted between
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
devices. An optional
802.11 feature (see
802.11), WEP provides
data confidentiality
equivalent to that of a
wired LAN that does
not employ advanced
cryptographic
techniques to enhance
privacy.

Websense Websense SEG product
Email
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40. WFM Wired For An Intel hardware
41. WfMC Management specification for
42. WFO Baseline easier management
of desktop PCs in a
networked
environment.

WorkFlow Non-profit,
Management international
Coalition organization of
workflow vendors,
users, analysts and
university/research
groups.

Work Force Solution to improve
Optimization operational
efficiency and drive
interaction
effectiveness.

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43. WFQ Weighted Congestion
Fair management algorithm
Queuing that identifies
conversations (in the
form of traffic streams),
separates packets that
belong to each
conversation, and
ensures that capacity is
shared fairly between
these individual
conversations. WFQ is
an automatic way of
stabilizing network
behavior during
congestion and results
in increased
performance and
reduced retransmission.

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44. WGA Windows WGA is a
45. WHISPER Genuine program that
Advantage investigates
Windows -based
computers to be
sure that their
copy of the
Windows OS is
legitimate. The
system checks the
OS version, the
product key, the
license key, the
hard disk serial
number and other
information about
the hardware and
software in the
computer.

Windows Windows Highly
Highly Intelligent Speech
Intelligent Recognition.
SPEech
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46. WHQL Windows A Microsoft group
47. WIA Hardware that provides and
48. WiBro Quality manages testing
Lab programs to ensure
that your hardware
and drivers qualify for
the Windows Logo
Program (WLP).

Windows Standardized API for
Image acquiring digital
Acquisition images from devices
that are primarily used
to capture still images
and for managing
these devices.

Wireless A wireless broadband
Broadband internet technology
being developed by
the Korean telecoms
industry.

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49. WIC Wan Wan Interface Card of
50. Wi-Fi Interface Cisco router.
Card

Wireless It is pretty much a rip-
Fidelity off of the term "Hi-Fi,"
or High Fidelity, which
refers to high-quality
audio or surround
sound. Wi-Fi refers to
wireless network
components that are
based on one of the Wi-
Fi Alliance's 802.11
standards.

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1. A11Y: Accessibility There are eleven
letters between the "a"
and the "y".

2. ADTA Application- An approach to
to- enterprise application
Application integration that
provides visibility into
internal systems, so
that these systems can
share information or
business processes.

3. AA Anti- The technique of
Aliasing minimizing the
distortion artifacts
known as aliasing
when representing a
high-resolution signal
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1. X3D Extensible an XML file that is used
2. x86 3D to hold three-
Graphics dimensional graphical
data.

8086 These include the 286,
processor 386, 486, and 586
processors. As you can
see, the "x" in x86 stands
for a range of possible
numbers. Technically,
x86 is short for 80x86
since the full names of
the processors are
actually 80286, 80386,
80486, and 80586. The
"80" is typically
truncated to avoid
redundancy.

3. XaaS anything as anything as a service
a service

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4. XACML Extensible open standard
5. XAF Access XML-based
Control language designed
Markup to express security
Language policies and access
rights to
eXpressApplic information for
ation Web services,
Framework DRM, and
enterprise security
applications
.
a modern and
powerful
application
framework
allowing
simultaneous
ASP.NET and
WinForms
development.

6. XBL XML Binding document used to
Language associate
executable content
with an XML tag.

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7. XBMC XBox Media player for the
Media original Xbox game-
Center console.

8. XBRL Extensible a language for business
Business financial data using
Reporting XML-style tags.
Language

9. XCP eXtended Rootkit-based copy
Copy protection scheme
Protection

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10. XDCC Xabi DCC or a script written in
eXtended 1994 for ircII[1] by
DCC Xabi. This script
extends the ircII
DCC command.

11. XDO extended In an application
data object program, a generic
representation of a
stored complex
multimedia object
that is used to move
that object in to

12. XDE eXtended As in IBM Rational
Development Software's XDE
Experience product

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13. XDR eXternal Data Standard for
Representation machine-
independent data
structures developed
by Sun
Microsystems.

14. XDM X Display A program supplied
Manager with the
OpenWindows
interface that
manages X displays

15. xDSL x digital Generic term for a
subscriber line variety of digital
subscriber line
techniques that
allow wide and
narrowband signals
to be sent down
normal telephone
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16. XE Express Oracle Database XE is
Edition an entry-level, small-
footprint database
based on the Oracle
Database

17. XFDL Extensible An open protocol for
Forms creating, filling in, and
Description reading complex
Language business forms and
legal contracts on the
Internet and intranets.

18. XFN XHTML A simple way to
Friends represent human
Network relationships using
hyperlinks.

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19. xfr transfer An abbreviation
used in data
communications.

20. XGA Extended A high-resolution
Graphics Array video display mode
that provides
screen pixel
resolution of 1,024
by 768 in 256
colors

21. XHR XmlHttpRequest API that can be
used by JavaScript,
JScript, VBScript
and other web
browser scripting
languages to
transfer and
manipulate XML
data to and from a
web server

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22. XHTML Extensible XHTML is a spinoff
Hypertext of the HTML used
Markup for creating Web
Language pages. It is based on
the HTML 4.0
syntax, but has been
modified to follow
the guidelines of
XML

23. XIL X Imaging The XIL is a
Library platform
programming
interface for imaging
and video support

24. XLF Extensible A log format based
Log on XML, designed to
Format be extensible and
universal.

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25. XLL Extensible second part of the
Linking W3C's XML
Language specification
concerning hyperlinks

.

26. XLS eXceL Microsoft Excel File

Spreadsheet name extension

27. XMCL Extensible an XML-based
Media language designed to
Commerce support the business
Language of delivering digital
content (music, etc.)
over the Internet.

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28. XMI XML a proposed use of
Metadata the XML that is
Interchange intended to provide
a standard way for
programmers and
other users to
exchange
information about
metadata

29. XMLC eXtensible Converts a HTML
Markup or XML document
Language to a Java class
Compiler

30. XMLRPC XML A protocol for
Remote client-server
Procedure communication
Call that sends and
receives
information "on top
of" HTTP.

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31. XMP eXtensible Provides Adobe
Metadata applications and
Platform workflow partners with
a common XML
framework that
standardizes the
creation, processing,
and interchange

32. xmt transmit the method of sending
data to an alternate
computer or device.

33. XNI Xerces Framework for
Native communicating a
Interface "streaming" document
information set and
constructing generic
parser configurations.

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34. XNS Xerox The suite of internet
Network protocols developed by
Systems the Xerox Corporation

35. XO crystal An oscillator in which
oscillator the frequency is
controlled by a
piezoelectric crystal.

36. XOFF Transmitter An abbreviation for the
off ASCII transmission-

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37. XON Transmitter An abbreviation for the
on ASCII transmission-
control character
meaning "Transmitter
on."

38. XOP Xml-binary A mean of more
Optimized efficiently serializing
Packaging XML Infosets that have
certain types of content

39. XOR exclusive- a logic gate whose
OR gate output is 1 when one
but not both of its inputs
is 1

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40. XPath XML Path A language used to
Language create addresses
mapping the various
parts of XML
document.

41. XPFE Cross A suite of technologies
Platform used to create
Front End applications that will
work and look the same
on different computer
operating systems.

42. XPL Carrier A telephony slang
Private abbreviation
Line

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43. XPLINK Extra A type of call
44. XPS Performance linkage that can
Linkage improve
performance in an
Xml Paper environment of
Specification frequent calls
between small
functions.
Paginated
representation of
electronic paper
described in an
XML-based format

45. XQL XML Query a way to locate and
Language filter the elements
(data fields) and
text in XML
document.

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46. XRE Xul Now renamed in
Runtime XULRunner, is a
Engine Mozilla runtime
package that can be
used to bootstrap
XUL+XPCOM
applications that are as
rich as Firefox and
Thunderbird.

47. XrML Extensible an XML-based
Rights language for specifying
Markup rights and conditions
Language associated with digital
content or services.

48. XSD Xml XML-based grammar
Schema for describing the
Definition structure of XML
documents.

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49. XSL extensible a set of language
Stylesheet technologies for
Language defining XML
document
transformation and
presentation

50. XSLT eXtensible the language used
Style in XSL style sheets
Language to "interpret" XML
Transformation coding and display
it in a language the
viewer will
understand.

51. XTI UNIX Layer 4 transport

Transport layer, standardized

Layer Interface under UNIX

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52. XTM Extensible next generation of
Threat UTM, integrated
Management network security
appliances.

53. XTPP extreme Well-established
transaction architectures and
processing technologies are
platform evolving and
converging with XTP-
specific technologies

54. XVT Extensible An applications
Virtual development toolkit
Toolkit from XVT Software,
Inc.

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55. XWB Accessibility Java IDE

56. XWSS Xml and Provides message-
WebServices level security that
Security enables a JAX-WS or
SAAJ application's
request and response
actions to be secured

57. X- bandwith between 7
band GHz to 8 GHz, which
usually is used by
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58. X.25 A type of packet
switched network
used extensively by
PNOs for public
services and popular
for transaction based
private networks.

59. X A set of technologies
Internet that connect firms'
information systems
to physical assets,
products, and devices.

60. X- The software system
Windows written for managing
windows under Unix.

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61. xcopy a command in Windows
and other operating
systems for copying
groups of files.

62. Xen A virtualization
platform which began as
a research project at the
University of
Cambridge and was
released as open source
software in 2003.

63. Xeon a high-speed Pentium-
class microprocessor
introduced by Intel in
2002 as a successor to
the Pentium 4.

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1. Y2K Year 2000 This term is more often
2. Yacc used to refer to the
yet another "Millenium Bug." This bug
compiler is a little creature that lives
compiler inside older computers.
When the year 2000 rolls
around, the little bug will
self-destruct, blowing up
the computer it was
residing in. The chain of
explosions across the world
will be catastrophic,
causing global panamonia
and LA riots.

Yacc is the standard parser
generator for the Unix
operating system. An open
source program, yacc
generates code for the
parser in the C
programming language.
The acronym is usually
rendered in lowercase but
is occasionally seen as
YACC or Yacc. The original
version of yacc was written
by Stephen Johnson
at AT&T.

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3. YA- Yet A humorous allusion often used in
Another titles to acknowledge that the topic
is not original, though the content is

4. YAHU Yet Utilities for peeking into executables
Another headers
Header
Utility

5. YAST Yet an RPM-based operating system
Another setup and configuration tool that is
Setup featured in the openSUSE Linux
Tool distribution, as well as Novell's
derived commercial distributions.

6. YB Yottabyte A yottabyte is 2 to the 80th power,
7. YES or
1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176
bytes. 1024 zetabytes

Yahoo! Yahoo! Enterprise Solutions
Enterprise
Solutions

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