E-Discovery terms starting with W

13 terms

  1. WAV File extension name for Windows sound files. .WAV files can reach 5 Megabytes for one minute of audio.
  2. Web site A collection of Uniform Resource Indicators (URIs, including URLs (Uniform Resource Locators)) in the control of one administrative entity.
  3. Windows Mail Microsoft e-mail program included in Windows Vista as a successor to Outlook Express.
  4. Windows Swap (Page) File Microsoft Windows-based computer operating systems utilize a special file as a "scratch pad" to write data when additional random access memory is needed…
  5. Wipe Slang term for deliberately overwriting a piece of media and removing any trace of files or files fragments.
  6. Workflow, Ad Hoc A simple manual process by which documents can be moved around a multi-user review system on an as-needed basis.
  7. Workflow, Rule-Based A programmed series of automated steps that route documents to various users on a multi-user review system.
  8. Workgroup A group of computer users connected to share individual talents and resources as well as computer hardware and software often to accomplish a team goal.
  9. 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.
  10. WORM (Write Once Read Many) Data storage devices (e.g. CD-ROMs) where the space on the discs can only be written once. The data is permanently stored.
  11. WORM Discs Write Once Read Many Discs. A popular archival storage media during the 1980s. Acknowledged as the first optical discs, they are primarily used to store…
  12. 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.
  13. WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get Display and software technology which shows on the computer screen exactly what will print.