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Web 2.0: Term used to refer to
Web sites that provide a means
for users to share personal
information, allow users to
modify Web site content, and
have application software built
into the site for visitors to use.
10, 50, 61, 261, 316
Web 3.0, 61
Web address: Unique address for
a Web page. 63, 84. See also
URL (Uniform Resource
Locator)
Web app: Web site that allows
users to access and interact
with software from any computer or device that is connected to the Internet. 69,
84, 128, 135. See also Web
application
Web application: Web site that
allows users to access and
interact with software from
any computer or device that is
connected to the Internet.
10, 69, 84, 108, 135. See also
Web app
mashup, 322
popular (fig.), 129
Web browser: Application
software that allows users to
access and view Web pages.
61, 84. See also Browser
displaying home page, 62
most popular, 61
Web browser software, 130
Web cam: Type of digital video
camera that enables a home or
small business user to capture
video and still images, send
e-mail messages with video
attachments, add live images to
instant messages, broadcast
live images over the Internet,
and make video telephone
calls. 5, 189, 199, 224. See also
PC video camera
purchasing, 304
Web sites for, 92
Web conference: Online meeting
that takes place on the Web. 321
personal and business perspectives on, 150–151
Web databases, 370–371
Web developer: Employee who
analyzes, designs, implements,
and supports Web applications;
works with HTML, Ajax,
JavaScript, and multimedia.
446, 456
Web filtering software: Program
that restricts access to certain
material on the Web. 290, 295,
407
Web page: Electronic document
on the Web, which can contain
text, graphics, audio, and video
and often has built-in connections to other documents,
graphics, Web pages, or Web
sites. 10, 61, 84
bookmarks, favorites, 63
development programs,
446–449
navigating, 64
secure, 395
Web page authoring software:
Software used to create Web
pages that include graphical
images, video, audio, animation, and other special effects
with interactive content. 74,
120, 122, 134, 449, 456
Web publishing: Development
and maintenance of Web
pages. 74
Web server: Computer that
delivers requested Web pages
to a computer. 61, 325
Web services: Set of software
technologies that allows businesses to create products and
B2B (business-to-business)
interactions over the Internet.
322, 344, 481–482, 494
Web site: Collection of related
Web pages and associated
items, such as documents and
pictures, stored on a Web
server. 10, 61
accessibility levels for physically
challenged users, 220
and cookies, 403–404
evaluating, 70
most popular, 11, 59
scalability, 490
secure, 395
types of, 67–70, 91–106
vulnerability of financial, 435
Web-based training (WBT):
Computer-based training that
uses Internet technology and
consists of application software
on the Web. 131, 135, 449
webcast, 232
Webopedia Web site, 93
Wheel: Steering-wheel-type
input device that is used to
simulate driving a vehicle. 196,
224, 303
Wide area network (WAN):
Network that covers a large
geographic area (such as a city,
country, or the world) using a
communications channel that
combines many types of media
such as telephone lines, cables,
and radio waves. 324, 344
Widescreen: Term used to refer
to LCD monitors that are
wider than they are tall. 208
Wi-Fi: Term for any network
based on the 802.11 series of
standards. 57, 84, 329, 340
Wi-Fi Protected Access:
Security standard that
improves on older security
standards by authenticating
network users and providing
more advanced encryption
techniques. 397, 410
Wii (Nintendo), 18, 50, 505
Wii Remote: Motion-sensing
input device that uses
Bluetooth wireless technology
to communicate with the Wii
game console. 197, 224
Wiki: Collaborative Web site that
allows users to create, add to,
modify, or delete the Web site
content via their Web browser.
68, 84, 316
personal and business perspectives on, 148–149
reliability for research, 68
Wikipedia, 46
WiMAX: Worldwide
Interoperability for Microwave
Access; newer network standard developed by IEEE that
specifies how wireless devices
communicate over the air in a
wide area. 318, 330. See also
802.16
Window: Rectangular area of a
computer screen that displays
data or information. 110, 134
Windows
connecting to network using,
276
keeping up to date, 298–299
OS with most market share, 279
starting, interacting with program, 111
Windows 7: Microsoft’s fastest,
most efficient operating system
to date, offering quicker program start up, built-in diagnostics, automatic recovery,
improved security, enhanced
searching and organizing
capabilities, and an easy-to-use
interface. 280
sample expert system in, 476
Windows Aero: Windows interface used by computers with
more than 1 GB of RAM. 273
Windows Disk Defragmenter, 286
Windows Embedded CE, 283
Windows Live Movie Maker, 274
Windows Media Player, 72, 73,
274, 369
Windows Mobile operating system, 283
Windows Photo Viewer, 285
Windows ReadyBoost: Windows
feature that can increase the
size of memory by allocating
available storage space on
removable flash memory
devices as additional memory
cache. 275
Winer, Dave, 380
wiping utilities, 241
wireless
access points, 397
home network, setting up,
336–337
instant messaging (IM), 318
messaging services, 317
in notebook computers, 308
security, 397
transmission media, 340–341
Wireless access point: Central
communications device that
allows computers and devices
to transfer data wirelessly
among themselves or to transfer data wirelessly to a wired
network. 318–319, 335, 345,
397, 410, 506
Wireless Application Protocol
(WAP): Network standard,
specifically a protocol, that
specifies how some wireless
mobile devices such as smart
phones can display the content
of Internet services such as the
Web, e-mail, and chat rooms.
330
wireless broadband, and decline of
print media, 318
wireless chumby, 506
Wireless Internet access point:
Location where people can
connect wirelessly to the
Internet using notebook computers, smart phones, handheld
game consoles, or other
devices. 318, 344
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