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CNET GLOSSARY: Terms for the techie
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W3C 
World Wide Web Consortium 
An international organization that develops technologies, specifications, protocols, and standards to promote interoperability across the Web. (XML was developed by the W3C, for example.) The W3C was founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, and now comprises approximately 400 member organizations.


 
W 
WAN
warchalking
wardriving
WAP
watermark
WAV
waveform
wavetable synthesis
Web
Web hosting
Webmaster
Web server
Web services
WECA
 
WEP
whiteboard
White Book
white-field uniformity
Whois
wide-screen
Wi-Fi
wildcard
windowbox bars
Windows
Winsock
wireframe
wireless
 
wireless bridging
wireless channel
wizard
WLAN
WMA
World Wide Web
worm
WPA
WPAN
WRAM
W3C
WYSIWYG
  
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