Web Definitions
WW3 -- See World Wide Web.
WAIS -- Acronym for Wide Area Information Server, a method whereby large organizations can search for electronic information from a large number of sources using English-language queries.
WAN -- Acronym for Wide Area Network, a communications system that spans great distances, as opposed to a LAN (Local Area Network). See LAN.
wanderer -- See robot and search engine.
wanna-be -- Person with more desire than expertise and skill.
WAP -- Acronym for Wireless Application Protocol, a secure specification that allows users to access information instantly via handheld wireless devices such as mobile phones, pagers, two-way radios, smartphones, and communicators.
Web -- See World Wide Web.
Web analyst -- A highly skilled person who can troubleshoot and repair breakdowns in Web sites.
Web author -- A person who creates Web pages and Web sites.
Web buddy -- A person who copies Web site content without the permission of the Web site owner(s) (coined by DataViz).
Web clinic -- Place where Web sites are analyzed and repaired (coined by Míc Miller).
Web page -- An HTML-scripted file which may contain text, images, a colored and/or patterned background, and even embedded video and sound files.
Web project -- A collection of Web pages that are under development and are independent of the Web servers that serve them.
Web publisher -- A person who publishes others' Web pages and Web sites.
Web server -- A computer set up to exchange information with another computer over the Internet using one or more standard protocols, such as FTP, Gopher, HTTP, and others. A Web server can host several Web sites by providing URLs that define a path to the Web site. Some types of computers can support multiple unique URLs on a single server.
Web site -- A collection of Web pages residing on a Web server. Web sites are usually synonymous with a URL.
Webliography -- A Web-based bibliography.
weblog -- A cross bee-tween an online journal and a list of commented links; also called a "blog."
Webmaster -- A person who both creates Web pages and manages a Web server.
Webmercial -- Web commercial (advertisement).
Webmonster -- A person who mismanages a Web site and / or server (coined by Míc Miller).
weeding -- An online wedding. (BTW, that is not a typo.)
window -- A bordered area of a computer screen that contains information, usually a file.
Windows -- A graphical extension of the DOS operating system. See system.
work the Web -- Phrase for networking with people through the Web.
World Wide Web -- A subset of the Internet that enables hypertextual navigation and multimedia presentation of information globally. The World Wide Web is often known as the Web, WWW, and sometimes W3. See browser, FTP, Gopher, HTTP, Telnet, URL, and WAIS.
worm -- A computer virus that replicates itself without human intervention.
WWW -- See World Wide Web.
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