ExpertGlossary terms starting with W

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  1. WS-Federation Passive Requestor Profile An implementation of the WS-Federation specification that proposes a standard protocol for how passive clients (such as Web browsers) apply the federation…
  2. WS-Security A series of specifications that describe how to attach signature and encryption headers to Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) messages.
  3. WSA (Web Services Architecture) The Web Services Architecture is a standardized approach based on SOAP and WSDL to develop Web Service solutions.
  4. WSDL (Web Services Description Language) Web Services Description Language is a mechanism for representing the services that a provider has and is making available and the specifics for accessing…
  5. WSE Weapon Support Equipment.
  6. WSEM Weapons System Evaluation Program.
  7. WSESRB Weapons System Explosive Safety Review Board.
  8. WSFL (Web Services Flow Language) The Web Services Flow Language addresses flows and dependencies between services.
  9. WSFO Weather Service Forecast Office
  10. WSHA Windows system health agent (SHA) for Network Access Protection (NAP). Windows Security Health Agent provides status of system health components that are…
  11. WSHFT Wind Shift
  12. WSHV Windows system health validator (SHV) for Network Access Protection (NAP). Windows Security Health Validator verifies status of system health components…
  13. WSI Wafer-Scale Integration.
  14. WSIL (Web Services Inspection Language) Web Services Inspection Language is a means for discovering the WSDL-described services that a provider has made available.
  15. WSM Waterspace Management (USN term).
  16. WSMC Western Space and Missile Center, Vandenberg AFB, CA.
  17. WSMR (1) White Sands Missile Range, NM (2) Western Space and Missile Range.
  18. WSP (Wireless Session Protocol) Wireless Session Protocol (WSP) implements session services of WAP. Sessions can be connection-oriented and connectionless and they may be suspended and…
  19. WSPD On a buoy report, the wind speed (m/s) averaged over an eight-minute period for buoys and a two-minute period for land stations. Reported Hourly.
  20. WSR-57 A NWS Weather Surveillance Radar designed in 1957. It used to be part of weather radar network. It was replaced by WSR-88D units.
  21. WSR-74 A NWS Weather Surveillance Radar designed in 1974. It used to be part of weather radar network. It was replaced by WSR-88D units.
  22. WSR-88D Weather Surveillance Radar - 1988 Doppler; NEXRAD unit.
  23. WSR-88D System The summation of all hardware, software, facilities, communications, logistics, staffing, training, operations, and procedures specifically associated…
  24. WSW Winter Storm Message
  25. WTA Weapon Target Assignment.
  26. WTB Wanting to buy
  27. WTLS (Wireless Transport Layer Security) Wireless Transport Layer Security protocal (WTLS) does all cryptography oriented features of WAP.
  28. WTMP On a buoy report, the sea surface temperature (Celsius).
  29. WTO World Trade Organization -- see MORE INFO about International Intellectual Property protection
  30. WTO stands for two international organizations 1) the World Tourism Organization, a UN-related institution based in Madrid that collects data on tourism and lobbies on behalf of the industry; and 2)…
  31. WTP Weapon Test Plan.
  32. WTP (Wireless Transaction Protocol) Wireless Transaction Protocol (WTP) is WAP's transaction protocol that works between the session protocol WSP and security protocol WTLS.
  33. WTR Water Equivalent
  34. WTS Wanting to sell
  35. WUC Work Unit Code (ILS term).
  36. WV 1. Water Vapor (satellite imagery) 2. Wave 3. West Virginia
  37. WVHT On a buoy report, significant wave height (meters) is calculated as the average of the highest one-third of all of the wave heights during the 20-minute…
  38. WW Severe Thunderstorm or Tornado Watch
  39. WWABNCP Worldwide Airborne Command Post.
  40. WWG Wideband Waveform Generator.
  41. WWH On a buoy report, Wind Wave Height is the vertical distance (meters) between any wind wave crest and the succeeding wind wave trough (independent of swell…
  42. WWIMS See Worldwide Indications Monitoring System.
  43. WWMCCS See World-Wide Military Command and Control System.
  44. WWP On a buoy report, Wind Wave Period is the time (in seconds) that it takes successive wind wave crests or troughs to pass a fixed point.
  45. WWV National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) radio stations which broadcast a time and frequency service commonly known to mariners as the "Time…
  46. WWVH National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) radio stations which broadcast a time and frequency service commonly known to mariners as the "Time…
  47. WWW World Wide Web. The WWW is made up of all of the computers on the Internet which use HTML-capable software (Netscape, Explorer, etc.) to exchange data.
  48. WWW robot A variety of search engine that automatically moves through Web hyperlinks to compile databases of available URLs (universal resource locators).
  49. WX Weather
  50. WX-671 A substance being studied in the treatment of several types of cancer. It blocks the action of certain enzymes, and it may help keep cancer cells from…
  51. Wye branch (Y branch) A section of pipe that joins the main run of pipe at an angle. The fitting that makes the joint is in the shape of the letter Y.
  52. WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get Display and software technology which shows on the computer screen exactly what will print.