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W |
| WAIS |
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Wide Area Information System |
| WAN |
|
Wide Area Network, a network using common carrier transmission
services for transmission of data over a large geographical
area. |
| WORM |
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Write Once Read Many |
| WWW |
|
World Wide Web |
| VCI |
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Virtual
Channel Identifier |
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X
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| X.21 |
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Recommendations developed by CCITT that define a protocol
for communication between user devices and a circuit-switched
network. |
| X.25 |
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Gateway
Access Protocol, allows a node not directly connected
to a public data network to access the facilities of
that network through an intermediary gateway node;
recommendations developed by CCITT that define a protocol
for communication between packet-switched Public Data
Networks and user devices in the packet-switched mode. |
| X.400 |
|
International standard for a store-and-forward message
handling system in a multivendor environment. |
| XNS |
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Xerox
Network Systems, Peer-to-peer protocol involving layered
data by Xerox and incorporated into Ethernet
local area networks. |
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Z
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| ZDL |
|
Zero
Delay Lockout, technology designed to prevent beaconing
stations on a token ring from inserting into
the ring and causing faults. |
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