| W3C |
World Wide Web Consortium. An international
industry consortium founded in 1994 to develop common standards for the World Wide Web. It
is hosted in the U.S. by the Laboratory for Computer Science at MIT. |
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| WAE |
Wireless Application Environment |
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| WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol. Determines
how wireless devices utilise internet content and other services. |
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| WAP gateway |
Software that takes raw WML data and
compiles it for the microbrowser and vice versa. |
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| WBMP |
Wireless BitMap. Image format used in the
Wireless Application Protocol. |
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| WCDMA |
Wideband-CDMA. A 3G technology that
increases data transmission rates in GSM systems by using CDMA instead of TDMA. W-CDMA has
become the Direct Sequence (DS) mode in the ITU's 3G specification, which includes the 1x
Multi-Carrier mode (1x MC) and 3x Multi-Carrier mode (3x MC). 1x MC (formerly known as
cdma2000) and 3x MC comprise the 3G upgrade path for carriers already using CDMA
(cdmaOne). |
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| WCS |
Wireless Communications Service. Licensed
spectrum in the 2.3GHz band. |
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| Web clipping |
Extracting relevant information from a Web
page for display on a smart phone or PDA. |
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| Web Server |
Network host that acts as an HTTP server. A
computer that provides World Wide Web services on the Internet. It includes the hardware,
operating system, Web server software, TCP/IP protocols and the Web site content (Web
pages). |
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| WIN |
Wireless Intelligent Network. Transaction
processing infrastructure for wireless systems. |
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| Windows CE |
A streamlined version of Windows from
Microsoft for handheld PCs (HPCs) and consumer electronics devices. It runs
"Pocket" versions of popular applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel as
well as many applications that are geared specifically for the smaller platform. As of
Version 3.0, Windows CE was changed substantially and renamed Pocket PC. |
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| Wireless Bridge |
A device used to transmit and received
radio frequencies over the air between two LANs. |
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| Wireless Modem |
A modem and antenna that transmits and
receives over the air. Wireless modems come in several varieties, including units for
CDPD, ARDIS, Mobitex, Ricochet, 802.11, OpenAir, BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Networks
and other proprietary products. |
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| Wireless Portal |
A Web site that supports a user with a
smart phone or alphanumeric pager. It may offer a variety of features, including providing
a springboard to other (WAP based) wireless sites, the ability to select content to be
pushed to the user's device as well as providing a point of entry for anyone to send the
user a message. |
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| WLAN |
Wireless LAN. A local area network that
transmits over the air typically in an unlicensed frequency such as the .4GHz band. A
wirel2ess LAN does not require lining up devices for line of sight transmission like IrDA.
Wireless access points (base stations) are connected to an Ethernet hub or server and
transmit a radio frequency over an area of several hundred to a thousand feet which can
penetrate walls and other non-metal barriers. Roaming users can be handed off from one
access point to another like a cellular phone system. Laptops use wireless modems that
plug into an existing Ethernet port or that are self contained on PC cards, while
stand-alone desktops and servers use plug-in cards (ISA, PCI, etc.). |
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| WLIF |
Wireless LAN Interoperability Forum.
Membership group that endorses products that are interoperable with major standards.
Supports OpenAir and 802.11. |
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| WLL |
Wireless Local Loop. Providing
communications to the home or office via wireless transmission. It is a "last
mile" system that does not use copper cable or even fiber-optic cable. |
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| WML |
Wireless Markup Language. A markup language
for devices using WAP. It is based on the Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML). Ordinary
web browsers cannot read WML. |
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| WMLS (WMLScript) |
Wireless Markup Language Script. A subset
of JavaScript, used to program mobile devices. |
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| WPAN |
Wireless Personal Area Network. A wireless
network that serves an individual user. |
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| WPBX |
Wireless PBX. A PBX that supports cordless
telephone calls. |
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| WSP |
Wireless Session Protocol. This protocol
sends smaller amounts of data than HTML/HTTP. |
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| WTA |
Wireless Telephony Application. A framework
for accessing the telephony related functions in a mobile terminal. |
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| WTAI |
Wireless Telephony Applications Interface |
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| WTLS |
Wireless Telephony Layer Security |
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| WTP |
Wireless Transport Protocol |
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| WWW |
World Wide Web |
