- W3C - The W3C is the international standards body. It was established in 1994 to lead the web to its full potential by developing common standards. See official website.
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- WAP - (Wireless Application Protocol)
The Wireless Application Protocol is a secure specification that allows users to access information instantly via handheld wireless devices such as mobile phones, pagers, two-way radios, smart phones and communicators.
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- WAV - (Waveform Audio) A common audio file format for Windows computers (.wav).
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- Web Calendar -
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- Web Developer - A Web developer can also be a Web designer, but a Web developer typically has more database, CGI, and engineering experience. He or she develops the interface between the front and back end of a website.
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- Web Folder - A Web Folder is a directory on your computer that acts as a shortcut to your web site. Web Folders, which are supported on Windows OS computers (the equivalent feature on a Macintosh is called WebDAV) make it possible for you to browse your files on a web server the same way you'd browse files and folders saved on your own computer. You can save your web site files in your Web Folder, then use FrontPage's "Publish" button to upload these files to your web site.
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- Web Forwarding - A service that points a domain name to an existing Web site address. Web forwarding lets you register a domain name (such as "mycompany.com") and attach it to an existing Web site (such as "http://www.aol.com/members/mycompany9876").
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- Web Host - A company that uses a web server to provide storage space for many web sites. A good hosting company allows you unlimited access to your web site files and has their server online (up and running) 99% of the time.
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- Web Hosting - Providing space on Internet servers for the storage of World Wide Web sites, which can be accessed by others through the network. This service is usually offered by ISPs or web hosting specialists.
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- Web Hosting Control Panel - A web interface offered by hosting companies so customers can administer their account.
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- Web Mail - Web mail is a web application that allows users to read and write e-mail using a web browser.
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- Web Maintenance - All the work done with the website once it has been placed on the server. Including making changes and submitting to search engines and directories by the Webmaster.
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- Web Page - A document or file, written in HTML, that is stored on a web server and can be viewed over the Internet using an web browser.
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- Web Server - A computer, including software package that provides a specific kind of service to client software running on other computers. More specifically, a server is a computer that manages and shares web based applications accessible anytime from any computer connected to the Internet.
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- Web-based Email - Allows you to read email anywhere in the world from any PC that has an Internet connection and a web browser.
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- Webmaster - The person responsible for maintaining and updating a Web site.
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- Website Administrator - A person registered with the domain registrar as a contact able to make changes to your domain name information. The registered technical contact can also request changes.
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- WHOIS - WHOIS databases contain nameserver, registrar, and in some cases, full contact information about a domain name. Each registrar must maintain a WHOIS database containing all contact information for the domains they 'host'. A central registry WHOIS database is maintained by the InterNIC. This database contains only registrar and nameserver information for all .com, .net and .org domains.
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- Wide Area Network - (WAN)
A network, usually constructed with serial lines, which covers a large geographic area.
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- Windows Hosting - Hosting provided on a Windows platform. A Windows host allows a Web page to use Microsoft tools such as ASP, ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL.
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- Wizard - A wizard is an interactive computer program acting as an interface to lead a user through a complex task using dialog steps.
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- WWW - An acronym, which stands for "World Wide Web".
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