WAIS (Wide Area Information Servers)

A circulated information retrieval system. WAIS is sustained by Apple Computer, Dow Jones and Thinking machines. Clients can use these systems to recover documents employing such keywords. The search will provide with a series of documents and categorized according to the number of times keywords have occurred. There are other examples of data retrieval systems also like gopher, prospero, archie and World Wide Web.

WAN (Wide Area Network)

WAN is a communications system that employs such devices like telephone lines, radio waves and satellite dishes to cover a larger geographic area than a LAN.

Web Page

It is a page on World Wide Web that includes an HTML file and any associated files for graphics and scripts and generally hyperlinked to similar online documents.

Web Server Logs

It is a file that includes all the actions that have happened. For instance, web servers regulate log files mentioning every request that has been sent to the server. Webmasters can easily log on the site to get more detailed information on how the site is being accessed by specific users.

Web Server

It is a server process working on a website that remits web pages when the HTTP requests are sent from remote browsers to the same. If one site operates more than a single server, then they all such servers must apply several port numbers.

Web Services

A set of standards encouraged by the W3C for relating with other programs, developers and businesses through open protocols, API’s and languages. Such languages can be Simple object access protocol, UDDI, WSDL and XML.

Web Site

It is a structure of inter-associated web pages generally incorporating a homepage that is present on a single server. It is designed and maintained as an amalgamation of information by a group, people and organizations.

WebDAV

Web DAV refers to "Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning". It is a structure of enhancements to the HTTP protocol which makes users modify and manage files on far away web servers.

Windows NT

Microsoft’s 32 bit OS developed from something that was supposed to be OS 2. NT was prepared for complex workstations, servers and corporate networks. The first release in windows NT was Windows NT 3.1.

Workflow

It is the definite structure of tasks that exists within a company to generate a final result. Advanced work group computing applications permit you to find various workflows for various kinds of jobs.

World Wide Web

It’s a total collection of documents or an amalgamation of internet sites that are placed on the internet servers that employ the HTTP protocol, availability to users through an easy point and click structure.

WYSIWYG

It mentions a user interface that describes “what you see is what you get” as contracted to something that uses unclear commands which do not lead to any instant visual feedback.

WYSIWYG in environments that sustain several fonts or graphics is a seldom achieved ideal.