ZyXEL Communications Prestige 964 User Manual page 52

Prestige 944S Cable Sharing Gateway with 4-port Switch
Just about any long-distance communication medium can serve as a WAN link, including
switched and permanent telephone circuits, terrestrial radio systems, and satellite systems.
War Dialer A program that automatically dials phone numbers looking for computers on the other end. They
catalog numbers so that hackers can call back and try to break in.
Warez A term that describes Pirated Software on the Internet. Warez include cracked games or other
programs that software pirates distribute on the Internet
Web Configurator This is a web-based router (not all) configurator that includes an Internet Access Wizard,
Advanced.
Wire Tapping Connecting to a network and monitoring all traffic. Most wire tapping features can only monitor
the traffic on their subnet.
Worm A program that seeks access into other computers. Once a worm penetrates another computer it
continues seeking access to other areas. Worms are often equipped with dictionary-based
password crackers and other cracker tools that enable them to penetrate more systems. Worms
often steal or vandalize computer data.
WWW (World Wide Web) -- Frequently used when referring to "The Internet", WWW has two major
meanings - First, loosely used: the whole constellation of resources that can be accessed using
Gopher, FTP, HTTP, telnet, USENET, WAIS and some other tools. Second, the universe of
hypertext servers (HTTP servers).
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