WAI

   Web Accessibility Initiative, is affiliated with the World Wide Web Consortium. It coordinates with organizations around the world to increase the accessibility of the Web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development. They are the developer of web content accessibility guidelines. http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/

Waveguide

   A metallic microwave conductor, typically rectangular in shape, used to carry microwave signals into and out of microwave antennas.

Web 2.0

   Perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services — such as social-networking sites and wikis — which facilitate collaboration and sharing between users.

Web conference

   Synchronous meeting or presentation delivered over the Internet.

Web course

   A course that can be accessed via the Internet and a Web browser. A Web course makes significant use of Web technology to facilitate access to class materials and to support communication between faculty and students, among students, and between students and resources. Also called an online course.

Web-enhanced course

   A course that makes use of Web technology and services to support distribution of course materials and student access to the resources on the Web. A Web-enhanced course does not replace any face-to-face meeting time with online instruction; it merely supplements face-to-face instruction.

Wireless Technology

   Technology used for mobile IT equipment. It encompasses cellular telephones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and wireless networking.

Wiki

   A collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it. Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis.

World Wide Web (WWW)

   A graphical hypertext-based Internet tool that provides access to homepages created by individuals, businesses, and other organizations.