| Computer Glossary |
WAN (Wide Area Network) :- A widely dispersed geographical network formed by linking several computers or local area networks
(LANs) together over long distances by such things as phone lines.
Warm Boot :- To reload your operating system by pressing <Alt><Ctrl><Del> or pressing the reset button on your CPU case.
Web Browser :- A program that can retrieve and format HTML documents from Web servers using the HTTP protocol for display.
Web Server :- A program that understands the HTTP protocol and responds to resource requests from Web browsers using that protocol.
Wildcards :- Characters that stand for one or more characters of a filename. Wildcards allow the operating system to carry out a
command on many files at once. A question mark (?) stands for any single character and an asterisk (*) stands for any group of
characters.
WIN.INI file :- A Windows initialization file that contains settings you can use to customize your Windows environment. It can be edited
manually, but this should only be attempted if you know what you are doing.
Window :- A rectangular area on your screen used to view a particular document or application.
Windows File Manager :- The Windows 3.1 program which allows you to organize your files and directories, move and copy files, start
applications, print documents, and maintain disks.
Windows 3.1 :- A multi-session graphical user interface (GUI) designed by Microsoft requiring DOS to run. This graphical user interface
enables users to select commands by pointing to illustrations or symbols displayed in a rectangular area on the computer screen with a
mouse or other pointing device.
Windows 95/98 :- A multitasking, multithreading, 32-Bit operating system designed by Microsoft.
Windows NT :- An operating system developed by Microsoft designed to provide networking services and to be at least somewhat
processor independent.
Word Processor :- A computer system or program for the setting, editing, revising, correcting, storing, and printing of text.
Word Wrap :- A feature that moves text from the end of a line to the beginning of a new line as you type. With word wrap you do not need to
press ENTER at the end of each line in a paragraph.
Workgroup :- A group of users in a multiuser environment who share data and the same workgroup information file.
Workspace :- The area of a window that displays the information contained in the application or document you are working with.
Workstation :- A computer in a Local Area Network (LAN) that does not share its resources, but, uses the resources of other computers
(servers).
WORM :- Write Once, Read Many.
WWW (World-Wide Web) :- A collection of formatted hypertext pages located on computers around the world and linked together by the
Internet.
WYSIWYG :- What You See Is What You Get. The exact text format you see displayed on the screen is what you get on paper if you send
it to the printer.
XMS (Extended Memory Specification) :- A memory allocation scheme that allows real-mode programs to use extended memory
(memory above 1MB).
ZIP :- File extension used for PC files compressed with the software "PKZIP," written and distributed by PKWARE, Inc., and one of the
most popular compressions used for PC files transferred on-line.
(LANs) together over long distances by such things as phone lines.
Warm Boot :- To reload your operating system by pressing <Alt><Ctrl><Del> or pressing the reset button on your CPU case.
Web Browser :- A program that can retrieve and format HTML documents from Web servers using the HTTP protocol for display.
Web Server :- A program that understands the HTTP protocol and responds to resource requests from Web browsers using that protocol.
Wildcards :- Characters that stand for one or more characters of a filename. Wildcards allow the operating system to carry out a
command on many files at once. A question mark (?) stands for any single character and an asterisk (*) stands for any group of
characters.
WIN.INI file :- A Windows initialization file that contains settings you can use to customize your Windows environment. It can be edited
manually, but this should only be attempted if you know what you are doing.
Window :- A rectangular area on your screen used to view a particular document or application.
Windows File Manager :- The Windows 3.1 program which allows you to organize your files and directories, move and copy files, start
applications, print documents, and maintain disks.
Windows 3.1 :- A multi-session graphical user interface (GUI) designed by Microsoft requiring DOS to run. This graphical user interface
enables users to select commands by pointing to illustrations or symbols displayed in a rectangular area on the computer screen with a
mouse or other pointing device.
Windows 95/98 :- A multitasking, multithreading, 32-Bit operating system designed by Microsoft.
Windows NT :- An operating system developed by Microsoft designed to provide networking services and to be at least somewhat
processor independent.
Word Processor :- A computer system or program for the setting, editing, revising, correcting, storing, and printing of text.
Word Wrap :- A feature that moves text from the end of a line to the beginning of a new line as you type. With word wrap you do not need to
press ENTER at the end of each line in a paragraph.
Workgroup :- A group of users in a multiuser environment who share data and the same workgroup information file.
Workspace :- The area of a window that displays the information contained in the application or document you are working with.
Workstation :- A computer in a Local Area Network (LAN) that does not share its resources, but, uses the resources of other computers
(servers).
WORM :- Write Once, Read Many.
WWW (World-Wide Web) :- A collection of formatted hypertext pages located on computers around the world and linked together by the
Internet.
WYSIWYG :- What You See Is What You Get. The exact text format you see displayed on the screen is what you get on paper if you send
it to the printer.
XMS (Extended Memory Specification) :- A memory allocation scheme that allows real-mode programs to use extended memory
(memory above 1MB).
ZIP :- File extension used for PC files compressed with the software "PKZIP," written and distributed by PKWARE, Inc., and one of the
most popular compressions used for PC files transferred on-line.
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