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  • WAN optimization controller (WOC)

    (Context: )

    Definition

    Recently called a WOC by Gartner.

  • Web Accessibility and Training Guide (WATG)

    (Context: )

    Definition

    To assist developers in using the template and meeting accessibility standards, the WATG was developed. It is an online resource that provides guidance on achieving Section 508 and WCAG Level A or better accessibility and uses current research in usable design and human engineering trends to assist Webmasters in ensuring that their Web site is the best it can be.

    Va DSA's Web Accessibility Resources (virginia.gov)

     

  • Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

    (Context: General, Software, Hardware, Technology Management)

    Definition

    An initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that develops standards and support materials for the understanding and implementation of accessibility in web systems.

    EA-Solutions-Web-Systems-Standard.pdf

  • Web Application

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    Definition

    In general, a web application is an application that is accessed with a Web browser over a network such as the Internet or an intranet. Specifically, a web application is a software program that uses HTTP for its core communication protocol and delivers Web-based information to the user in the HTML language. Also called a Web-based application.

  • Web Application Firewall

    (Context: General, Hardware)

    Definition

    Protects web applications by filtering and monitoring HTTP traffic between a web application and the Internet. It typically protects web applications from attacks such as cross-site forgery, cross-site-scripting (XSS), file inclusion, and SQL injection, among others.

    EA-Solutions-Web-Systems-Standard.pdf

  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

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    Definition

    Version 1.0 is part of a series of accessibility guidelines published by the Web Accessibility Initiative. The series also includes User Agent Accessibility Guidelines [WAI-USERAGENT] and Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines [WAI-AUTOOLS].

  • Web services

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    Definition

    A standardized way of integrating Web-based applications using open standard interfaces over an Internet protocol backbone. Used for businesses to communicate with each other and with clients, Web services allow organizations to communicate data without intimate knowledge of each other's IT systems behind the firewall.

  • Web System

    (Context: Software, Information System Security)

    Definition

    Any system that delivers content between a web-client and webserver using HTTP as the underlying communication standard, including HTTP and HTTPS.

    Note
    All COV infrastructure is bound by security standards SEC-501/SEC-52/SEC-530 which contain the control SC-8 Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity for the encryption of data in transit requiring HTTPS.

    EA-Solutions-Web-Systems-Standard.pdf

  • White Labelling

    (Context: General)

    Definition

    A white-label product is a product or service produced by one company that other companies rebrand to make it appear as if they had made it. The name derives from the image of a white label on the packaging that can be filled in with the marketer's trade address.

    EA-Solutions-Web-Systems-Standard.pdf

    EA-Solution-Computer-based-Signature-Standard.pdf (virginia.gov)

  • Wi-Fi

    (Context: General)

    Definition

    A brand logo of the Wi-Fi Alliance used in their certification of products as compliant with the 802.11 wireless connectivity standards. The Wi-Fi Alliance was originally called WECA or the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance. The term Wi-Fi is widely used in common parlance to refer to all things wireless. Wi-Fi does not stand for Wireless Fidelity. 

    Adapted from Wikipedia

  • Wide Area File Services (WAFS)

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    Definition

    A storage tool for improving central data access speeds over WANs and the Internet.

  • Wide Area Network (WAN)

    (Context: General)

    Definition

    1) A network that provides communication services to a geographic area larger than that served by a local area network or a metropolitan area network, and that may use or provide public communication facilities.

    2) A data communications network designed to serve an area of hundreds or thousands of miles; for example, public and private packet-switching networks, and national telephone networks.

    3) (IRM) A computer network that links multiple workstations and other devices across a large geographical area. A WAN typically consists of multiple LANs that are linked together.

  • Wide-band Code-Division Multiple Access (WCDMA)

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    Definition

    A 3G technology that increases data transmission rates in GSM systems by using the CDMA air interface instead of TDMA. WCDMA is based on CDMA and is the technology used in UMTS. WCDMA was adopted as a standard by the ITU under the name “IMT-2000 direct spread”.  (Adapted from Wi-Fi Planet.)

  • Wireless Communication

    (Context: Technology Management)

    Definition

    The transfer of information between two or more points that does not use an electrical conductor as a medium by which to perform the transfer. It encompasses various types of fixed, mobile, and portable applications, including two-way radios, cellular telephones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and wireless networking. Other examples of applications of radio wireless technology include GPS units, garage door openers, wireless computer mouse, keyboards and headsets, headphones, radio receivers, satellite television, broadcast television and cordless telephones. As of this publication, current wireless communication protocols include: • 3G/4G/5G Cellular • 6LoWPAN • ANT & ANT+ • Bluetooth & Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) • Dash7 • DigiMesh • EnOcean • Ingenu • Li-Fi • LTE Cat-M1 • LoRaWAN • mcThings • MiWi • NFC • NarrowBand-IoT • RFID • SigFox • Thread • WirelessHART • Weightless N/P/W • Wi-Fi • Wi-Fi-ah (HaLow) • Z-Wave • ZigBe.

    https://www.vita.virginia.gov/media/vitavirginiagov/it-governance/ea/pdf/EA-Smart-Device-Use.pdf 

  • Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)

    (Context: General)

    Definition

    Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)

  • Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

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    Definition

    A deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables. It organizes and defines the total scope of the project. Each descending level represents an increasingly detailed definition of the project work. The WBS is decomposed into work packages. The deliverable orientation of the hierarchy includes both internal and external deliverables.

    PMBOK

  • Work Package

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    Definition

    A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure. The work package includes the schedule activities and schedule milestones required to complete the work package deliverable or project work component.

    PMBOK

  • Workaround

    (Context: General)

    Definition

    A response to a negative risk that has occurred. Distinguished from contingency plan in that a workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event.

    PMBOK

  • Workstation

    (Context: General)

    Definition

    A terminal, computer, or other discrete resource that allows personnel to access and use IT resources.

  • Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX)

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    Definition

    A logo used by the WiMAX Forum for certifying product compatibility with the IEEE 802.16 standard. The 802.16 working group of IEEE specializes in point-to-multipoint broadband wireless access. IEEE 802.16 or WiMAX is a standard for wireless technology that provides     high-throughput broadband connections over long distances. WiMAX can be used for a number of applications, including “last mile” broadband connections, hotspots and cellular backhaul, and high-speed enterprise connectivity for business. (Adapted from Whatis.com).

     (Adapted from Whatis.com).