ExpertGlossary terms starting with W

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  1. WGET Working Group on Encryption and Telecommunications.
  2. WH White House.
  3. Whale See high roller.
  4. Whaler A horizontal beam in a bracing structure.
  5. WHDEVAL Warhead Evaluation.
  6. Wheel Short for Roulette Wheel.
  7. Wheel Chips Special chips used only for roulette.
  8. Wheel Clocking when a player keeps track of the result of the spins to determine patters as well as possibilities and bias.
  9. Wheel Head The portion of the roulette wheel that contains the numbered pockets.
  10. Wheel Roller A roulette dealer or croupier.
  11. Wheel Strategies Strategies that try to exploit imperfections in the wheel in order for the player to get the edge.
  12. Wheeling The process of transmitting electricity over one or more separately owned electric transmission and distribution systems.
  13. whey protein powder (WAY PROH-teen …) A powdered form of proteins taken from whey, which is the liquid left over when cheese is made from cow's milk.
  14. while A Java keyword used to declare a loop that iterates a block of statements. The loop's exit condition is specified as part of the while statement.
  15. while loop One of Java's three control structures used for looping. The other two are the do loop and for loop.
  16. whip antenna A flexible rod antenna, usually between 1/10 and 5/8 wavelength long, supported on a base insulator.
  17. Whipple procedure A type of surgery used to treat pancreatic cancer. The head of the pancreas, the duodenum, a portion of the stomach, and other nearby tissues are removed.
  18. whips Assistants to the floor leaders who are also elected by their party conferences.
  19. Whirlwind A small, rotating column of air; may be visible as a dust devil.
  20. Whisper number A whisper number is an unofficial earnings estimate for a particular company that a stock analyst shares with clients to supplement the official published…
  21. White amur Common name for Ctenopharyngodon idella, also called "grass carp." White amur are often stocked in ponds for weed control.
  22. white area The area or population which does not receive interference-free primary service from an authorized AM station or does not receive a signal strength of at…
  23. white bass A type of true bass that is only found at Lake Pleasant in Arizona. White bass are related to striped bass and yellow bass.
  24. white blood cell Refers to a blood cell that does not contain hemoglobin. White blood cells include lymphocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, macrophages, and mast cells.
  25. White blood cell (WBC) The primary effector cells against infection and tissue damage. WBCs are formed from the undifferentiated stem cell that can give rise to all blood cells.
  26. White Blood Cells Cells that fight infection.
  27. white clip The maximum system-permissible excursion of the video signal in the white direction. [After SMPTE]
  28. white compression In television technology, the reduction of gain applied to light areas in picture signal (corresponding to the midrange light value in the picture).
  29. white facsimile transmission In an amplitude-modulated facsimile system, transmission in which the maximum transmitted power corresponds to the minimum density, i.e.
  30. White Hat SEO Search engines set up guidelines that help them extract billions of dollars of ad revenue from the work of publishers and the attention of searchers.
  31. White knight A corporation that is the target of a hostile takeover sometimes seeks out a white knight that comes to the rescue by making an offer to acquire the…
  32. White Light (WL) Sunlight integrated over the visible portion of the spectrum (4000 - 7000 angstroms) so that all colors are blended to appear white to the eye.
  33. White Light Flare In solar-terrestrial terms, a major flare in which small parts become visible in white light.
  34. White List Add an email address to this list to accept all mail from the sender, regardless of Black List generalization.
  35. White noise Random energy containing all frequency components in equal proportions.
  36. white pages A hard copy telephone directory listing of subscriber names, addresses, and telephone numbers.
  37. white peak In video, a peak excursion of the picture signal in the white direction. [After IEEE-100] [After SMPTE]
  38. white point In video technology, that point on the chromaticity diagram having the tristimulus of a source appearing white under the viewing conditions; i.e.
  39. white reference 1. In video teleconferencing, the light from a nonselective diffuse reflector (in the original scene) that is lighted by the normal illumination of the…
  40. white signal In facsimile systems, the signal resulting from scanning a minimum-density area, i.e., the white area, of the object.
  41. white space Characters used to create visual spacing within a program. White spaces include space, tab, carriage return and line feed characters.
  42. whiteboard A feature of an Internet videoconferencing program that allows participants to use drawing and/or annotation tools to develop collaborative images or to…
  43. Whitecap The breaking crest of a wave, usually white and frothy.
  44. whitespace A "character" that moves your cursor but doesn't otherwise put anything on your screen.
  45. Whitmore-Jewett staging system (WIT-mor-JOO-et STAY-jing SIS-tem) A staging system for prostate cancer that uses ABCD. "A" and "B" refer to cancer that is confined to the prostate.
  46. WHO A part of the United Nations that deals with major health issues around the world.
  47. who-are-you (WRU) character A transmission-control character used for (a) switching on an answer-back unit in the station with which the connection has been established, (b)…
  48. Whois Each domain has an owner of record. Ownership data is stored in the Whois record for that domain.
  49. whole cell vaccine Vaccine made from whole tumor cells that have been changed in the laboratory.
  50. whole genome association study (... JEE-nome uh-SOH-see-AY-shun ...) A study that compares the complete DNA of people with a disease or condition to the DNA of people without the…
  51. Whole House Fan A mechanical/electrical device used to pull air out of an interior space; usually located in the highest location of a building, in the ceiling, and…
  52. Whole life insurance A whole life insurance policy is a type of permanent insurance that provides a guaranteed death benefit and has fixed premiums.
  53. Whole Life Insurance (Straight Life or Permanent Life) A plan of insurance for life, with premiums payable for a person's entire life.
  54. whole tree chips Wood chips produced by chipping whole trees, usually in the forest. Thus the chips contain both bark and wood.
  55. Whole-tree harvesting A harvesting method in which the whole tree (above the stump) is removed.
  56. Wholesale Sale of travel products through an intermediary in exchange for a commission or fee generally at reduced tariffs.
  57. wholesale banking Banking services offered to large corporate and institutional customers, such as pension funds and government agencies are considered wholesale banking.
  58. Wholesale customers Any entity that purchases electricity at the wholesale level, including municipal utilities, private utilities, rural electric cooperatives, or…
  59. Wholesale electricity markets The purchase and sale of electricity from generators to resellers (who sell to retail customers) along with the ancillary services needed to maintain…
  60. Wholesale power market The purchase and sale of electricity from generators to resellers (who sell to retail customers) along with the ancillary services needed to maintain…
  61. Wholesale transmission services The transmission of electric energy sold, or to be sold, at wholesale in interstate commerce.
  62. Wholesale Wheeling The wheeling of electric power in amounts and at prices that generally have been negotiated in long term contracts between the power provider and a…
  63. Wholesaler A company that purchases large blocks of rooms, tickets, etc. and then resells to either the public or to other travel professionals.
  64. whooping cough (WOOP-ing kof) A serious bacterial infection of the lungs and breathing tubes that spreads easily.
  65. Whorl A fingerprint pattern in which the ridges are circular or nearly circular.... The pattern will contain 2 or more detals.
  66. Wicket A rectangular, heavily constructed slab of wood and steel hinged in a counter-balance way so as to be lying flat on the river bed when down, and when…
  67. Wicket gate In hydropower applications a gate which pivots open around the periphery of a turbine or pump to allow water to enter.
  68. Wickiup Temporary dwelling framed of arched poles covered by brush, bark, rushes, or mats.
  69. Wide Area Information Server (WAIS) A client/server software system that provides sophisticated indexing of files based on all words in each file and provides scoring and "relevance…
  70. wide area network A communications network connecting geographically separated computers, printers, and other devices.
  71. Wide area network (WAN) Computer data communications technology that connects computers at remote sites.
  72. Wide Area Telephone Service (WATS) A toll service offering for customer dial type telecommunications between a given customer station and stations within specified geographic rate areas…
  73. wide local excision (…ek-SIH-zhun) Surgery to cut out the cancer and some healthy tissue around it.
  74. Wide SCSI A SCSI protocol that allows 16- and 32-bit data transfers.
  75. wide track A set of two or more adjacent tracks written on a diskette with the same data, as part of a method of copy protection. [2382-pt.8]
  76. wideband The property of any communications facility, equipment, channel, or system in which the range of frequencies used for transmission is greater than 0.
  77. wideband channel A communication channel of a bandwidth equivalent to twelve or more voice grade channels. [47 CFR Pt.36-A]
  78. wideband modem A modem whose modulated output signal can have an essential frequency spectrum that is broader than that which can be wholly contained within, and…
  79. widelink A parameter that controls whether or not links in the UNIX file system may be followed by the server.
  80. Widely Diversified Widely diversified is a central element of the definition of an Excepted Investment Fund and of a Qualified Trust.
  81. Widespread Areal coverage of non-measurable, non-convective weather and/or restrictions to visibility affecting more than 50 percent of a forecast zone(s).
  82. Wiki Software which allows information to be published using collaborative editing.
  83. Wikipedia Free online collaborative encyclopedia using wiki software. See also: Wikipedia
  84. Wild and Scenic Rivers (WSR) Act Primary river conservation law enacted in 1968. The Act was specifically intended by Congress to balance the existing policy of building dams on rivers…
  85. Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (Public Law 90-542) The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act selects certain rivers possessing remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, or other similar…
  86. Wild Card this is the 53rd card and is usually a Joker.
  87. wild clover Trifolium pratense. A plant with flowers that has been used in some cultures to treat certain medical problems.
  88. Wild fish Any fish not supplied by a fish hatchery .
  89. Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 Act passed by Congress in 1971 giving BLM the responsibility to protect, manage, and control wild horses.
  90. Wild horses and burros Unbranded and unclaimed horses or burros roaming free on public lands in the western United States and protected by the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro…
  91. Wild type An organism as found in nature; the organism before it is genetically engineered.
  92. wild-point detection Synonym reasonableness check.
  93. Wildcard A wildcard character can be used to substitute for any other character or characters in a string.
  94. wildcard character A character that is used to represent optional characters at the front, middle, or end of a search term.
  95. Wilderness All lands included in the National Wilderness Preservation System by public law, generally defined as undeveloped federal land retaining its primeval…
  96. Wilderness act See the wilderness act.
  97. Wilderness characteristics Wilderness characteristics include (1) Naturalness: the area generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint…
  98. Wilderness resource Resources identified in officially designated wilderness areas on Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management administered land.
  99. Wildfire Any nonstructural fire that occurs in the wildland.
  100. Wildlands Any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation, e.g., forests, grasslands, rangelands.