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WAP - Wireless Application Protocol 
(Wireless Application Protocol; a de facto standard for enabling mobile phones to access the Internet and advanced services. Users can access websites and pages which have been converted by the use of WML into stripped-down versions of the original more suitable for the limited display capabilities of mobile phones)

WASP - Wireless Application Service Provider 

WARC - World Administration Radio Conference

WBMP:
Wireless Bitmap, a bitmap graphic format for integration of images in WAP pages. WBMP graphics are only black and white and have a 1 Bit size. 
WCS (Wireless Communications Services) services used to conduct communications over wireless networks. 


W-CDMA - Wideband Code Division Multiple Access

Web clipping:
this is an application that allows a user to extract relevant information from a web page for display on a smart phone or a PDA. 

Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity, the popular term for the 802.11b wireless Ethernet standard. 


WIM - WAP Identity Module
the security module implemented in a SIM card. The security module is needed for some WAP services, such as banking services or shopping on a WAP site. 


Windows CE:
a streamlined version of Windows from Microsoft for handheld computers which has since been upgraded and renamed Pocket PC. Windows CE run Pocket versions of Microsoft office applications such as Word and Excel as well as many applications that were geared specifically for the smaller platform. 

WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network
a short range radio network normally deployed in traffic hotspots such as airport lounges, hotels and restaurants. WLAN enables suitably equipped users to access the fixed network wirelessly, providing high speed access (up to 11Mbit/s download) to distant servers. The key WLAN technologies are the IEEE802.11 family and ETSI HIPERLAN/2

WML - Wireless Markup Language
( a specially designed markup language used for tailoring WAP content. WML enables optimum usage of the limited display capabilities of the mobile phone)


WWW :
World Wide Web one of the primary applications in the Internet. It is a system in which information display is made through the use of hypertext (HTML), where it is possible to combine all Internet services and use text, images and sound simultaneously
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