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WAN A Wan is a 'Wide Area Network' a network of computers
that are located a long distance apart. A company that has offices in
different countries around the world will use a Wan to link those
offices together. |
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WAP Wireless Application Protocol ? the computer 'language'
that allows wireless devices such as a mobile phone to connect to the
Internet. |
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Webmail An email account where you access, read and write
your emails through a regular website, such as Hotmail.com. |
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World Wide Web The World Wide Web ? also known simply as ?the
Web? ? is a vast, worldwide collection of sites containing all sorts of
information. Websites can be created by any organisation or individual
that has an Internet connection. Each site consists of a series of pages
that contain text, graphics and other types of information, and each
page contains links that lead you to other pages or other sites on the
Web. Many people think that the Web is the same as the Internet, but the
Web is actually just one part of the Internet. Email and newsgroups are
other parts of the Internet that are separate from the Web.
See also: Browser,
Internet |
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Worm Computer Worms are viruses that reside in the active
memory of a computer and duplicate themselves. They may send copies of
themselves to other computers over the Internet, for example taking
advantage of security loopholes in computer operating systems, as seen
with the Sasser virus. |
