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WAIS
(Wide Area Information Servers) an architecture for a distributed information retrieval system. WAIS is based on the client-server model of computation, and allows users of computers to share information using a common computer-to-computer protocol.
See Also:Protocol

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Group of computers located geographically apart, usually belonging to a single company or organisation, connected together using dedicated lines or by satellite to simulate a local network.

WinSock
(Obsolete) (WINdows SOCKets) Windows utility program allowing users connected by SLIP, PPP or other direct connection to communicate with other computers on the Internet by TCP/IP. Obsolete, as it has been an integral part of Microsoft Windows since Windows 95
See Also:PPP, SLIP, TCP/IP

WinZip
A popular program from compressing and decompressing zip files
See Also:PKZIP, Zip files

World Wide Web (WWW)
Specialised Internet Service allowing users to connect to remote sites, with information presented as text with hypertext links. These links can be used to refer to almost all other resources on the Internet. Graphics can be embedded into Web pages, but can only be viwed using a graphical Web browser. Other applications supported are sound files and movie files.
See Also:Browser, HTML, Internet

Worm
(Common) A Variant of Computer Virus (Less Common) A search utility on the World Wide Web that locates resources following user-determined guidelines.
See Also:Virus

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