Glossary
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium. The international organisation that defines standards and rules for the Internet.
WAP
Wireless Application Protocol. This provides access to the Internet for mobile telephones.
Wave
The most widely used format for sound files on Windows systems (.wav).
Web Host
A company specialising in the hosting (free or not) of Web sites on their servers.
Web Page
A constituent part of a Web site linked to other documents or resources by means of hypertext links.
Web Ring
A chain of sites sharing a common theme.
Webcam
A small digital video camera (and sometimes a photo camera) connected to a computer for real-time acquisition and broadcasting
of videos on the Internet.
Windows Media
Audio and video file format.
Windows Media Encoder
Microsoft encoder that converts audio and video files into Windows Media format.
Windows Media Player
Integrated multimedia playback software integrated into the latest Windows versions.
Winzip
File compression program for Windows.
WML
Wireless Markup Language. A reduced version of HTML, used to create pages intended for mobile terminal screens.
WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get (you get what you see on screen). A graphical user interface embedded in software (see WYSIWYG
Editor)
WYSIWYG Editor
An authoring program that enables the user to handle and place objects directly in the page using a graphical user interface,
instead of having to manually enter the HTML code.
