Technology terms starting with W

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  1. W West
  2. W-CDMA (Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access) Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), also known as IMT-2000, is a 3rd generation wireless technology.
  3. W-profile fiber Synonym doubly clad fiber.
  4. w/o Without.
  5. W/TD Warning/Threat Detection.
  6. W3C World Wide Web Consortium.
  7. W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) The World Wide Web Consortium is an independent work group formed in 1994 thatprovides standards like XML.
  8. WAA Warm Air Advection - the advection (movement) of warm air into a region.
  9. WAE (Wireless Application Environment) The Wireless Application Environment (WAE) provides a application framework for small devices. WAE leverages other technologies such as WAP, WTP, and WSP.
  10. Wafer A thin sheet of semiconductor (photovoltaic material) made by cutting it from a single crystal or ingot.
  11. WAFL Write Anywhere File Layout. A patented file system designed exclusively for NetApp appliances to optimize write performance.
  12. WAFL check Data ONTAP utility to repair filer volumes.
  13. WAFL credential cache (WCC) A temporary in-memory database that keeps mappings from UNIX UIDs to CIFS credentials.
  14. WAIS Acronym for Wide Area Information Servers. A distributed text searching system that uses the protocol standard ANS Z39.
  15. Wales, Jimmy Co-founder of the popular Wikipedia. Weblog (see Blog)
  16. WALEX Warfare Analysis Laboratory Exercise.
  17. wallpaper A graphic image that serves as a background for a Web page or for a computer operating system's screen.
  18. WAM (1) Worldwide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS). (2) Wide Area Munition . (3) Wide Area Mine. (4) Wide Area Missile.
  19. WAN Wide Area Network (Telecomm/Computer term).
  20. WAN data replication solutions Data replication that functions over leased or switched lines. See also continental cluster.
  21. wander Relative to jitter and swim, long-term random variations of the significant instants of a digital signal from their ideal positions.
  22. WAP Wide Azimuth Probe.
  23. WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) An open, global specification that enables wireless devices to access and interact with information and services. [Exchange 2003]
  24. WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) gateway A server or set of servers at the carrier that processes wireless-formatted data into Internet-standard formats. [Exchange 2003]
  25. WAP Gateway A WAP Gateway acts as a bridge allowing WAP devices to communicate with other networks (namely the Internet).
  26. WAR file Web application archive file. A JAR archive that contains a Web module.
  27. War Game A simulation, by whatever means, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces, using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an…
  28. Ward A district used in a general law city. Similar to a single-member district, except that in Texas, most municipalities that have a ward system elect two…
  29. Warez A term widely used by hackers to denote illegally copied and distributed commercial software from which all copy protection has been removed.
  30. Wargame A simulation, by whatever means, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces, using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an…
  31. Wargame 2000 Title of MDA program for development of a state-of-the-art simulation tool at the JNTF for use in CONOPS validation, missile defense program design…
  32. Warhead A weapon, usually thermonuclear, contained as the payload of a missile.
  33. Warhead Mating The act of attaching a warhead section to a rocket or missile body, torpedo, airframe, motor, or guidance section.
  34. Warhead Section A completely assembled warhead including appropriate skin sections and related components.
  35. WARM Wartime Reserve Modes.
  36. warm boot Synonym warm restart.
  37. warm restart A sequence of operations that is performed to reset a previously running system, after an unintentional shutdown. Synonym warm start. 2.
  38. Warm Site An alternative facility that has the equipment and resources available to recover business functions in the event of a disaster See also cold site and hot…
  39. warm start Synonym warm restart.
  40. Warner exemption A statutory exemption pertaining to the acquisition of telecommunications systems that meet the exclusionary criteria of the Warner Amendment, Public Law…
  41. Warning The fourth of five Early Warning System components consisting of the processes (including the media) and equipment necessary to make the public aware of…
  42. Warning of Attack A warning to national policymakers that an adversary is not only preparing its armed forces for war, but intends to launch an attack in the near future.
  43. Warning Order A preliminary notice of an order or action that is to follow.
  44. warrant A certificate giving the holder the right to purchase a security (such as a stock) at a set price within a specified period of time.
  45. WARSIM Warfighter Simulation (US Army term).
  46. WARSIM 2000 Warfighter Simulation 2000 (US Army term).
  47. Wartime Reserve Modes (WARM) Characteristics and operating procedures of sensor, communications, navigation aids, threat recognition, weapons, and countermeasures systems that (1)…
  48. WAS Wide Area Sensor.
  49. WASHDC Washington, District of Columbia.
  50. WASP Wide-body Airborne Surveillance Platform. A modified DC-10. 320
  51. Wastage (Max) The maximum number of defense weapons which, when used, will be ineffective in contributing to the defeat of the offense.
  52. Watch Condition (WATCHCON) Series of readiness conditions used by the intelligence community to alert staffs to watchfulness without raising DEFCON.
  53. watch expression An expression which, when its value changes, causes a breakpoint in the Perl debugger.
  54. watch file A text file that records all nongraphic input and output during an ARC/INFO session. Watch files can be edited and converted to AML programs.
  55. Watchlist A term sometimes referred to as open-set identification that describes one of the three tasks that biometric systems perform.
  56. watermark A translucent mark in paper incorporated during manufacture for purposes of identification or protection of a document A mark that is imprinted on a…
  57. WATS Wide Area Telephone System.
  58. WAVE Wideband Angular Vibration Experiment.
  59. wave equation See Maxwell's equations.
  60. wave impedance At a point in an electromagnetic wave, the ratio of the electric field strength to the magnetic field strength.
  61. wave trap A device used to exclude unwanted frequency components, such as noise or other interference, of a wave.
  62. waveform The representation of a signal as a plot of amplitude versus time.
  63. wavefront The surface defined by the locus of points that have the same phase, i.e., have the same path length from the source.
  64. waveguide A material medium that confines and guides a propagating electromagnetic wave. Note 1: In the microwave regime, a waveguide normally consists of a hollow…
  65. waveguide dispersion See dispersion.
  66. waveguide scattering Scattering (other than material scattering) that is attributable to variations of geometry and refractive index profile of an optical fiber.
  67. Wavelength The distance between one peak or crest of a wave (of light, heat, or other energy) and the next corresponding peak or crest.
  68. wavelength stability Of an optical source during a specified period, the maximum deviation of the peak wavelength from its mean value.
  69. wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) In optical fiber communications, any technique by which two or more optical signals having different wavelengths may be simultaneously transmitted in the…
  70. Wavelet Scalar Quantization (WSQ) An FBI-specified compression standard algorithm that is used for the exchange of fingerprints within the criminal justice community.
  71. WB Wideband.
  72. WBM Weapons Battle Manager(s).
  73. WBS See Work Breakdown Structure.
  74. WCC (1) See Wing Control Center. (2) Weapons Control Computer.
  75. WCCP An open protocol that when installed on Cisco Routers enables them to transparently redirect client browser Web requests from their target Web servers to…
  76. WCG Workstation Computer Graphics (Computer term).
  77. WCP (1) Weapon Control Processor. (2) Weapon Control Platform.
  78. WCS Weapons Control System.
  79. WDM Wavelength Division Multiplexon .
  80. WDP (Wireless Datagram Protocol) Wireless Datagram Protocol (WDP) works as the transport layer of WAP. WDP processes datagrams from upper layers to formats required by different physical…
  81. weak bit A bit intentionally written on a diskette with a weak magnetic field strength that may be interpreted as zero or one and that is written as part of a…
  82. weakly guiding fiber An optical fiber in which the refractive index contrast is small (substantially less than 1%).
  83. Weapon Enabling The set of control functions without which defense weapons cannot be launched.
  84. Weapon Engagement Zone In air defense, airspace of defined dimensions within which the responsibility normally rests with a particular weapon system.
  85. Weapon System Control That set of assessment, decision, and direction functions normally implemented automatically to assure that individual weapons are pointed, fired, and…
  86. Weapon Target Assignment (WTA) The assignment of an interceptor to a particular threat object. In Midcourse, a WTA requires in-flight communication between the Battle Manager and an…
  87. Weapons Allocation Designation of a certain weapon to attack a certain threat after Engagement Authorization is given.
  88. Weapons Assignment In air defense, the process by which weapons are assigned to individual air weapons controllers for use in accomplishing an assigned mission.
  89. Weapons Commitment Authorization to allocate certain weapons to designated targets thus permitting checklist actions to be taken.
  90. Weapons Control The varying degree of formal control an area air defense commander exercises over all air defense weapons in his area of responsibility.
  91. Weapons Enablement Authorization to place a weapon into its most ready state but prior to release.
  92. Weapons Free A weapon control order imposing a status whereby weapons systems may be fired at any target not positively recognized as friendly. 321
  93. Weapons Hold A weapon control order imposing a status whereby weapons systems may be fired in self-defense or in response to a formal order.
  94. Weapons Initiation State when a weapon system is to be placed in the highest state of readiness shy of weapon allocation.
  95. Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) In arms control usage, weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people.
  96. Weapons Readiness State The degree of readiness of air defense weapons which can become airborne or be launched to carry out an assigned task.
  97. Weapons Release Authority (WRA) The order that gives weapon controllers the authority to fire. (USSPACECOM)
  98. Weapons System Items that can be used directly by the armed forces to carry out combat missions and that cost more than $100,000 or for which the eventual total…
  99. Weapons System Employment Concept A description in broad terms, based on established outline characteristics, of the application of a particular equipment or weapon system within the…
  100. Weapons Tight A weapon control order imposing a status whereby weapons systems may be fired only at targets recognized as hostile.