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arc I.T. Solutions - Jargon Buster - W

Our A-Z will help you understand the IT terms that are now being used every day in the modern day world

The Jargon Buster explains technical and computing terms with which you might not be familiar.

WAP - short for Wireless Application Protocol. WAP is a technology which allows you to access basic information on the internet from your mobile phone. This includes e-mail and information such as sport, traffic and news.

Web server - a powerful computer permanently connected to the internet which "serves" web pages and other internet files to users.

Web traffic - a general term used to describe data travelling around the internet. The internet can sometimes be very slow because of the amount of traffic.

Webcam - an inexpensive, simple video camera that can sit on top of your computer monitor or be placed somewhere else such as the top of a building. It's designed to send live and recorded video as well as still pictures over the net to one or more users.

Webmail - e-mail you access through a web page using your browser rather than using an e-mail program. This means you can send, view and organise e-mails on any computer with an internet connection. Hotmail is a well known example of a webmail service.

Webmaster - the person in charge of a website.

Web Space - the space on a server that you get given by your ISP to put a website on. Most Internet Service Providers now allocate free webspace for their customers.

Worm - is a program that can reproduce itself over a computer network. It usually attaches itself to another program and then proceeds to cause malicious damage to your computer such as shutting it down.

WYSIWYG - stands for "What you see is what you get" and refers to one of two types of programs called web editors, which help you build web pages. With WYSIWYG you can place images and type text straight onto the page rather than having to insert HTML code.

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