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IT Abbreviations & Acronyms: Comprehensive Glossary

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There are currently 110 acronyms in this directory beginning with the letter W.
W
W-CDMA
Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access
W2K
Windows 2000
W32/Rjump
Ravmone Virus
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
WAAS
Wide Area Application Services
WAE
Wide Area Ethernet
WAF
Web Application Firewall
WAFS
Wide-Area File Services
WAIS
Wide Area Information Servers
WAN
Wide Area Network
WAP
Web Application Protection or Wireless Application Protocol
WAPI
Wlan Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure
WARN
Workers' Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
WASC
Web Application Security Consortium
WASP
Wireless Application Service Provider
WATS
Wide-Area Telephone Service
WAX
Wireless Abstract XML
WBEM
Web-Based Enterprise Management
WBI
Web Intermediaries
WBMP
Wireless Bitmap
WBS
Work Breakdown Schedule or Work Breakdown Structure
WCET
Worst-Case Execution Time
WCF
Windows Communication Foundation
WCM
Web Content Management
WCS
Wireless Communications Service or Warehouse Control System
WDF
Web Development Framework
WDM
Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
WDS
Wireless Distribution System or Windows Deployment Services
WDSC
Websphere Development Studio Client
WDT
Watchdog Timer
WebDAV
World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning
WebOps
Web Operations
WebRTC
Web Real-Time Communications
WEEE
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulation
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
WF or WinWF
Windows Workflow Foundation
WFM
Workforce Management
WFO
Workforce Optimization
WFQ
Weighted Fair Queueing
WGA
Windows Genuine Advantage
WGate
Web Gateway
Wh
Watt-Hour
WHATWG
Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group
WHQL
Windows Hardware Quality Labs
Wi-Fi finder
Wi-Fi Signal Finder, Wi-Fi Seeker or Wi-Fi Locator
WiBB
Wireless Broadband
WIC
Wan Interface Card
WiDEN
Wideband Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
WIM
Windows Imaging Format
WiMAX
Worldwide Interoperability For Microwave Access
WIMP
Windows, Icons, Mouse, and Pull-Down Menus
WinAMP
Windows Audio Mpeg Player
WinChip
Winchip C6
WinDirStat
Windows Directory Statistics
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft and oriented towards businesses.
Windows 9x
Windows 95 or Windows 98
Windows Me
Windows Millenium Edition Operating System
Windows NT
Windows New Technology Edition Operating System
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is a milestone release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP.
Windows XP
Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. It is the direct successor to Windows 2000 for professional users and Windows Me for home users.
WinFS
Windows File System
WinFX
.NET Framework 3.0
WinPE
Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment
WinRM
Windows Remote Management
WINS
Windows Internet Naming Service
WIP
Work In Process
Wireless ISP or WISP
Wireless Internet Service Provider
Wireless WAN
Wireless Wide Area Network
WMF
Microsoft Windows Management Framework
WMI
Windows Management Instrumentation
WMIC
Windows Management Instrumentation Command Line
WML
Wireless Markup Language
WMM
Wi-Fi Multimedia
WMN
Wireless Mesh Network
WMP
Windows Media Player
WMS
Warehouse Management System
WMTS
Wireless Medical Telemetry Services
WorA
Write Once, Run Anywhere
Work Folders
Windows Server 2012 R2
WorM
Write Once, Read Many
WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access
WPAD
Web Proxy Autodiscovery
WPAN
Wireless Personal Area Network
WPAS
Windows Process Activation Service
WPF
Windows Presentation Foundation
WRAM
Window Ram
WS 2012
Windows Server 2012
WS-AT
Ws-Atomictransaction
WS-Coordination
Web Services Coordination
WS-I organization
Web Services Interoperability
WS-Policy
Web Services Policy Framework Specifications
WS-Security
Web Services Security
WS-Trust
Web Services Trust Language
WSCI
Web Service Choreography Interface
WSD
White Space Device
WSDL
Web Services Description Language
WSFC
Windows Server Failover Clustering
WSP
Wireless Service Provider
WSS
Windows Sharepoint Services
WSTx
Web Services Transactions
WSUS
Windows Server Update Services
WTLS
Wireless Transport Layer Security
WTO
World Trade organization
WTS
Terminal Server Product or Microsoft Windows Terminal Server
WUE
Water Usage Effectiveness
WUSB
Wireless Usb
WWN
World Wide Name
WWW
World Wide Web
WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get
WYSIWYP
What You See Is What You Print

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