WAV: A sound format (pronounced "wave") used to reproduce sounds on a computer.
Worm: See virus.
WWW: World Wide Web ("WWW" or "the Web") : A network of servers on the Internet that
use hypertext-linked databases and files. It was developed in 1989 by Tim Berners-
Lee, a British computer scientist, and is now the primary platform of the Internet.
The feature that distinguishes the Web from other Internet applications is its ability
to display graphics in addition to text.
WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get. When using most word processors, page layout
programs (See desktop publishing), and web page design programs, words and
images will be displayed on the monitor as they will look on the printed page or web
page.
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