Restarting the computer without turning the power off. Same as soft boot; the opposite of cold boot.
Write Once, Read Many
(WORM). Describes a type of storage medium that can be written once only, but read many times; usually refers to optical disks.
WORM
Write Once, Read Many. Describes a type of storage medium that can be written once only, but read many times; usually refers to optical disks.
worm
A computer program that can make copies of itself, and spreads through connected systems, using up resources in affected computers or causing other damage.
WWW
World Wide Web. A hypermedia-based system for browsing Internet
sites. It is named the Web because it is made of many sites linked together; users can travel from one site to another by clicking on hyperlinks. Text, graphics, sound, and video can all be accessed with browsers like Mosaic, Netscape, or Internet Explorer. The Web can also be accessed with text-only browsers like Lynx.
World Wide Web
(WWW). A hypermedia-based system for browsing Internet sites. It is named the Web because it is made of many sites linked together; users can travel from one site to another by clicking on hyperlinks. Text, graphics, sound, and video can all be accessed with browsers like Mosaic, Netscape, or Internet Explorer. The Web can also be accessed with text-only browsers like Lynx.
Web PC
A specially-designed computer that is only for surfing the Internet.
Wirth, Niklaus
A Swiss professor, the creator of programming languages Pascal, Modula-2 and Modula-3.
Westlaw
An online service from West Publishing Co., Eagan, Minnesota, that offers access to legal databases, plus Knight-Ridder and Dow Jones.
Explanation : Charge-Coupled Device. Electronic memory in which metal oxide semiconductors are arranged so the output, or charge, from one semiconductor is the input of the next semiconductor. CCDs can be charged by light or electricity. One use is for storing images in digital cameras, video cameras, and optical scanners.
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