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Glossary : W
A to Z of commonly used abbreviations and acronyms
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- .wma or WMA : Windows Media Audio
- .wmf or WMF : Windows Metafile Format
- .wmv or WMV : Windows Media Video
- W3 : World Wide Web
- W3C : World Wide Web Consortium
- WACT : Web Application Component Toolkit
- WAF : Web Application Framework architecture
- WAI : Web Accessibility Initiative
- WAIS : Wide Area Information Service
- WAN : Wide Area Network (see also WLAN below and LAN)
- WAP : Wireless Application Protocol
- WASP : Wide Angle Search for Planets
- WAT : Web Adaptation Technology
- WCAG : Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (also often referred to as 'the WAI guidelines')
- WCM : Web Content Management
- WCRF : World Cancer Research Fund
- WDT : Web Developer Toolbar
- WebAIM : Web Accessibility In Mind
- weblog : see blog
- WECA : Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance
- WEEE : Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Directive)
- WEFT : Web embedding fonts tool
- WEN : Women's Environmental Network
- WG : Working Group
- WHAT WG : the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group
- Wi-fi : Wireless Fidelity
- WIIS : Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme
- Wiki : A Wiki is a collaboratively-edited website which many people also view as an anarchistic publishing tool. "Wiki wiki" means "quick" in Hawai'ian. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki)
- WIMP : windows, icons, mice, pointers interface
- WIPO : World Intellectual Property Organisation
- WISE : Women in Science & Engineering
- WIT : Web Information Team
- WKT : Well-Known Text format
- WLA : West London Alliance
- WLAN : Wireless LAN (see also WAN above and LAN)
- WLR : Wholesale Line Rental
- WMAP : NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe satellite
- WMI : Windows Management Instrumentation
- WML : Windows Meta Language
- WMSC : World Motor Sport Council
- WOMBAT : Waste of money, brains and time
- WORM : Write Once Read Many
- WRAP : Waste and Resources Action Plan
- WRAP : Waste and Resources Action Programme
- WRAP : Waste and Resources Action Programme
- WRC : World Rally Championship
- WRP : Women's Refuge Project
- WRULDs : Work related upper limb disorders
- WS DAAT : West Sussex Drug and Alcohol Action Team
- WSASP : West Sussex Accessible Services Partnership
- WSCC : West Sussex County Council
- WSCL : West Sussex Category List
- WSDL : Web Services Description Language
- WSF : web services framework
- WSGfL : West Sussex Grid for Learning
- WSHA : West Sussex Health Authority
- WS-I : Web Services Interoperability Organisation
- WSM : Wide Swath Mode
- wtkhtdiBdwtsttc : want-to-know-how-they-did -it-BUT-don't-want-to-sift-through-the-code
- WTO : World Trade Organisation
- WWF : World Wildlife Fund, World Wide Fund For Nature (http://www.wwf.org or http://www.wwf.org.uk)
- WWW : Working With Worthing
- WWW : World Wide Web
- WYSINWYG : What you see is NOT what you get
- WYSIWYG : What you see is what you get (sounds like 'Wizzy Wig' when said)
If you would like to add to these lists then please send your suggestions to the webmaster for consideration for inclusion.
