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W/        With
W3        (see WWW)
W3A       World Wide Web Applets
W3C       World Wide Web Consortium
W4        What-Works-With-What
WAAS      Wide Area Augmentation System
WABI      Windows Application Binary Interface [SunSoft]
WAE	  Wireless Application Environment
WAI	  Web Accessibility Initiative +
          Web Application Interface [Netscape]
WAIS      Wide Area Information Server
WAITI     Wait-For-Interrupt
WAITS     Wide Area Information Transfer System
WAN       Wide Area Network
WAP       Wireless Application Protocol
WAR	  Web Archive
WARP	  Web Service Aggregtion, Rely and Propogation
WATS      Wide Area Telecommunications Service
.WAV      Waveform Audio (file name extension)
WBEM      Web-Based Enterprise Management
WC        Word Count
W-CDMA	  Wideband CDMA
WCS       World Coordinate System
WD-40	  Water Displacement-40th Attempt
WDDX	  Web Distributed Data Exchange
WDL       Windows Driver Library [Microsoft]
WDM       Wavelength Division Multiplexing +
          Windows Driver Model [Microsoft]
WDRAM     Windows Dynamic Random Access Memory
WEA	  Web Enabled Application
.WEB      Entities Emphasizing the WWW (Domain Name) [Internet]
WEBDAV	  Web Based Distributed Authoring and Versioning
WEBNFS    Web Network File System [Sun]
WEFT	  Web Embedding Fonts Tool [Microsoft]
WELL      Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (BBS)
WEP	  Wired Equivalent Privacy +
	  Wireless Encription Protocol
WFM       Wired For Management [Intel]
WFQ	  Weighted Fair Queuing [Cisco]
WFW       Windows For Workgroups [Microsoft]
WGS       Work Group System
WHAM      Waveform Hold and Modify [Microsoft]
WHC       Workstation Host Connection
WIB	  World wIde weB (suggested oral replacement of
	  nine-syllable 'WWW' using one-syllable 'WIB'
WIFI	  (Wi-Fi) Wireless Fidelity
WIM	  Wireless Instant Messaging
WIMP	  Windows, Icons, Menus and Pulldowns
WIN 9.X   Windows95/Windows98
WIN...CE  Windows Compact Edition [Microsoft]
WINDBG    Windows Debugger [Microsoft]
WINE      Windows Emulator
WINForum  Wireless Information Networks Forum
WIN...MCE Windows Media Center Edition [Microsoft]
WIN...ME  Windows Millennium Edition [Microsoft]
WINS      Windows Internet Naming Service [Microsoft]
WIN...SE  Windows Second Edition [Microsoft]
WINSOCK   Windows Open Systems Architecture [Microsoft] +
          Windows Sockets
WINWORD   Word For Windows [Microsoft]
WIN...XP  Windows The "Experience" [Microsoft]
WISE      WordPerfect Information System Environment
WISP	  Wireless Internet Service Provider
WIT       Web Interactive Talk [Internet]
.WKB      Workbook (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
.WKE      Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
.WKQ      Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU]
.WKS      Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
.WKZ      Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU]
.WK1      Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
WL        Word Line
WLAN	  Wireless Local Area Network
.WLG      Dr. Watson Log (file name extension)
WLL	  Wireless Local Loop
.WMA      Windows Media Audio (file name extension) [Microsoft]
WMC       Workflow Management Coalition
WME	  Wireless Multimedia Enhancements
.WMF      Windows Metafile Format (file name extension) [Microsoft]
WMFSDK	  Windows Media Format Software Development Kit [Microsoft]
WMI	  Windows Management Instrumentation [Microsoft]
WML	  Wireless Markup Language
WMP	  Windows Media Player [Microsoft]
WMRM      Write Many, Read Many
WMT	  Windows Media Technologies [Microsoft]
.WMV	  Windows Video File (file name extension) [Microsoft]
WNIC      Wide-Area Network Interface Co-Processor
WNIM      Wide-Area Network Interface Module
W/O       Without
WORM      Write Once, Read Many
WOS       Workstation Operating System
WOSA      Windows Open Services/Systems Architecture [Microsoft]
WOW       Window On Windows [Microsoft]
WP        WordPerfect + Word Processing + Write Protected
WPA	  Wi-Fi/Wireless Protected Access
.WPD      Windows Printer Description (file name extension)
.WPG      WordPerfect Graphics (file name extension)
WPHD      Write-Protect Hard Disk
.WPK      Keyboard (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
WPM       Words Per Minute
.WPM      Macro (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
WPOS      Workplace Operating System
WPS       Windows Printing System [Microsoft] +
          Workplace Shell [OS2]
WPVM      Windows Parallel Virtual Machine
.WQ1      Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU]
.WQ!      Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU]
WRAM      Windows Random Access Memory
WRE 	  Weighted Random Early Detection [Cisco]
.WRI      Write (file name extension)
WRK       Windows Resource Kit [Microsoft]
WS        WordStar + Workstation
WSAPI     Web Site Application Program Interface [O'Reilly]
WSDL	  Web Services Definition/Description Language [IBM/Microsoft]
WSH       Windows Scripting Host [Microsoft]
WSP	  Wireless Session Protocol
WSUI	  Web Services User Interface
WT        Write Through
WTA	  Wireless Telephony Application
WTLS	  Wireless Transport Layer Security
WTM       Wired For Management
WWIS      World Wide Information System [Internet]
WWW       World-Wide Web [Internet]
WYSBYGI   What You See Before You Get It
WYSIWYG   What You See Is What You Get

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XA        Extended Architecture + Extended Attribute
XACML	  Extensible Access Control Markup Language
XAPIA     X.400 Application Program Interface Association
X2B       Hexadecimal to Binary [REXX]
.XBM      X-Windows Bitmaps (file name extension) (black and white)
XBRL	  Extensible Business Reporting Language
X2C       Hexadecimal to Character [REXX]
XCHG      Exchange
XCMD      External Command
XCOPY     Extended Copy
X2D       Hexadecimal to Decimal [REXX]
XDF       Extended Density Format [IBM]
XDR       Extended/External Data Representation
XFCN      External Function
XFDL	  Extensible forms Description Language
XGA       Extended Graphics Array [IBM]
XHTML	  Extensible HyperText Markup Language
XID       Exchange Identifier
XIOS      Extended Input/Output System
.XLA      Add-In (file name extension) [Microsoft-Excel]
XLAT      Translate
XLF       Exceptional Fortran [IBM]
XLIFF	  XML Localization Interchange File Format [IBM]
.XLK      Backup (file name extension) [Microsoft-Excel]
XLL       Extensible Link Language
XLM       Excel Macro Language [Microsoft]
.XLT      Template (file name extension) [Microsoft-Excel]
XMIT      Transmit
XML       Extensible Markup Language
XMM       Extended Memory Manager [LIM/AST]
XMS       Extended Memory Specification [LIM/AST]
XNS       Xerox Network System (protocol) [Xerox]
XOFF      Transmitter Off
XON       Transmitter On
XOR       Exclusive OR (Also EOR)
XP	  Extreme Performance [Compaq]
XPCOM	  Cross Platform Component Object Model [Mozilla]
XPE	  XP Embedded (see WIN...XP) [Microsoft]
XPRM      Xerox Print Resources Manager [Xerox]
.XPM	  X-Windows Pixelmaps (file name extension) (color)
XRI	  Extensible Resource Identifier
XRNS	  Extensible Resource Name System
XRT       Extensions for Real-Time
XSL       Extensible Style Language
XSLT	  Extensible Stylesheet Transformation
XSMD      Extended Storage Module Drive (interface)
XSSI      Extended Server Side Includes
XTAL      Crystal
XTCLK     External Transmit Clock
XUL       Extensible User-Interface Language [Netscape]

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YAM       Yet Another Modem [Omen Technology]
YAHOO     Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle [Internet]
Y2K       Year 2000
(Y/N)?    (Asks for a YES or NO decision)
YTD       Year To Date

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.z        Packed file (file name extension - using Pack/Unpack
          program)..lower case z..[Unix]
.Z        Compressed file (file name extension - using
          Compress/Uncompress program)..upper case Z..[Unix]
ZAK       Zero Administration Kit [Microsoft]
ZAW       Zero Administration for Windows [Microsoft]
ZBR       Zone-Bit Recording [IBM]
Z-CAV     Zoned Constant Angular Velocity
ZDL       Zero Delay Lockout
ZDS       Zenith Data Systems
ZIF       Zero-Insertion Force (socket)
ZIP       Zigzag In-Line Package +
          Zone Improvement Plan (ZIPcode)
.ZIP      Compressed File (file name extension) [PKWare]
.ZOO      Compressed File (file name extension) [Dhesi]
ZPV       Zoomed Port Video [Toshiba]
ZSL       Zero Slot LAN
ZVP	  Zoomed Video Port
@         At + Commercial At
(\)	  Backslash
(/)	  Slash
(~)	  Tilde
(_)	  Underscore
{ }	  Braces
[ ]	  Square Brackets
...	  Ellipsis
*         Wildcard character (asterisk)
*.*       Star-Dot-Star (represents
          Any file name.Any file name extension)
.$$$      Temporary File (file name extension)
1GL       First Generation Language (machine language)
24/7	  Twenty-Four Hours a Day, Seven Days a Week
286       80286 (microprocessor)
2GL       Second Generation Language (assembly language)
386       80386 (microprocessor)
3COM      3 Com Corporation (The 3 Coms are
          Computer, Communications and Compatibility)
3GL       Third Generation Language (programming language)
486       80486 (microprocessor)
4GL       Fourth Generation Language (descriptive language)
6DOF      Six Degrees Of Freedom
         

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