W - Web Design & Internet Jargon Buster

WAN (Wide Area Network) - WANs offer ways of linking computers at different office sites, perhaps hundreds of miles apart, so that they can share information and specialised peripherals.

Web - The web is the common shorthand term for the World Wide Web.

Web browser - A software program that enables someone to surf the web. The two most common browsers are Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape.

Web server - A software program that manages a web site, fulfilling user requests, monitoring web site usage, checking access controls, etc.

Web page - A web page is a 'page' of information - though it can be almost any length - made available via the Internet.

Website - A website is an organised and structured collection of web pages. A clear, interesting, well-planned website is the cornerstone of any e-commerce operation.

WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) - A radio frequency standard that is used to connect devices, such as computers, together using a wireless connection. Instead of computers being connected with network cables, signals are sent over radio frequencies using wireless network cards and hubs.

World Wide Web - The web gives you user-friendly access to millions of pages of business information and thousands of sources of supply you never knew about before. It also offers the opportunity to access customers and markets you could never have hoped to reach in the past. Having your own website lets you promote and sell your products and services to the world. Customers can potentially look through your catalogue, place orders and pay by credit card - all on-line, 24 hours a day. The web can also provide cheap, effective ways to beef up your after-sales service and to work more closely with all your trading partners.

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