Glossary
Terms starting with W
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- Whois
- a utility that returns ownership information about second-level domains.
- WHOLE HOUSE FAN
- A system capable of cooling a house by exhausting a large volume of warm air when the outside air is cool.
- WHOLE LIFE INSURANCE
- The oldest kind of cash value life insurance that combines protection against premature death with a savings account. Premiums are fixed and guaranteed and remain level throughout the policy’s lifetime.
- whole step (whole tone)
- An interval equal to two half steps.
- whole-tone scale
- An exotic non-Western scale employed by Debussy and other Western composers.
- WHOLESALE COMPETITION
- A system whereby a distributor of power would have the option to buy its power from a variety of power producers, and the power producers would be able to compete to sell their power to a variety of distribution companies.
- WHOLESALE POWER MARKET
- The purchase and sale of electricity from generators to resellers (who sell to retail customers) along with the ancillary services needed to maintain reliability and power quality at the transmission level.
- WHOLESALE TRANSMISSION SERVICES
- The transmission of electric energy sold, or to be sold, at wholesale in interstate commerce (from EPAct).
- Wide Area Network (WAN)
- A set of computers that are to far apart to constitute a LAN. In fact, WANs are very often composed of a number of Local Area Networks interconnected together.
- wide legs
- Pants or jeans that are cut extra full through the legs.
- Wide Screen Mode 16:9
- Records images in a compressed form for playback on a 16:9 TV to show cinematic wide screen images. Also known as letterbox format.
- Wide Screen Mode, 16:9
- Records images in a compressed form for playback on a 16:9 TV to show cinematic wide screen images. Also known as letterbox format.
- Wideband Video Amplifier
- Expands the video signal frequency response to more than 10MHz and allows for a horizontal resolution capability of more than 800 lines, depending on the source.
- Widescreen
- Widescreen is another term for a letterboxed program. Letterboxed programs generally fill the entire screen on a widescreen TV.
- WiFi
- Wireless Fidelity - Otherwise known as Wireless Networking, commonly using the 802.11b protocol. Hardware that displays the WiFi logo claims 802.11b compliance should interconnect seamlessly.
- Will
- A will is the document by which a person can direct the destiny of his or her assets after death. The will is a testamentary document. Its maker is called the testator. All states require some level of authenticity to survive a challenge. Should a will fail…
- wind shear
- vertical eddies or waves of air resulting from one layer of air sliding over another moving at different speeds or directions.
- Winding Up
- Winding Up refers to the final settlement of corporate affairs before the corporation finally goes out of existence. Winding Up is not a bankruptcy procedure, per se.
- WinFS
- (Windows File System) WinFS is the code name for the next generation storage platform in Windows "Longhorn." Taking advantage of database technologies, Microsoft is advancing the file system into an integrated store for file data, relational data, and XML…
- wing collar
- A collar with projections which cover shoulder seams of bodices and doublets.
- winter
- a season that begins around December 21 in the Northern Hemisphere
- Wire Transfer
- Wire Transfer is a legal term that refers to the movement of money from account to account, or from person to person, by electronic means. The physical cash itself does not necessarily move at all, just the ownership of the money is transferred.
- WIRES CHARGE
- A broad term which refers to charges levied on power suppliers or their customers for the use of the transmission or distribution wires.
- With Prejudice
- With Prejudice means to conclude a cause of action such that it cannot be brought again. In most jurisdictions, a plaintiff may dismiss his civil case once without prejudice to the case being re-filed. The second dismissal of the case, in most jurisdictions…
- Withholding
- The anticipated tax amount deducted from prize payments.
- Witness
- A person with first hand information relevant to the essential facts of a case is a witness, based on the witnesses own personal knowledge. The witness may testify if otherwise qualified. Expert testimony may be introduced in some cases where the opinion of…
- Witness Protection Program
- This program offers protection to certain witnesses who may be in particular danger from the defendant if the witness takes the witness stand. The program is unusually active in organized crime prosecutions. New identities have been given to some witnesses.
- WOL (Wake-on-LAN)
- This technology is used to remotely wake up a sleeping or powered off PC over a network. When the system is turned off, the managed network adapter uses an alternate power source to monitor the network and watch for a wake-up packet from the server. Once it…
- Wolf-Rayet star
- a very luminous and very hot star with temperatures reaching as high as 90,000 kelvins
- woodwinds
- A family of instruments, constructed largely of wood, that produce sound by means of blowing air across an aperture or through a vibrating reed.
- Worcestershire sauce
- A classic English bottled sauce that is said to have originated from an Indian recipe. It's a thin, spicy, dark-brown fermented sauce made from a variety of ingredients including anchovies, shallots, garlic, soy sauce, tamarind, salt and vinegar, which is…
- word painting
- A technique that became prominent in the Renaissance, in which musical figures are used to represent specific images-falling, sighing, weeping, rejoicing, and so forth.
- Work For Hire
- Under the work for hire rule, an employed artist who creates an item that can be copyrighted is not entitled to the copyright ahead of the employer unless the artist and employer have agreed otherwise.
- Workaholic
- A person whose work becomes more important than personal or family life. A workaholic lives for his/her career, spends time only with work colleagues and rarely takes time out to relax. Even during vacations, the workaholic will be thinking about work and…
- WORKERS COMPENSATION
- Insurance that pays for medical care and physical rehabilitation of injured workers and helps to replace lost wages while they are unable to work. State laws, which vary significantly, govern the amount of benefits paid and other compensation provisions.
- Workers' Compensation
- This is a model act adopted throughout the United States that offers scheduled benefits and compensation to certain injured workers who are injured on the job, regardless of whose fault the injury might have been. This model supplants the common law fellow…
- Workflow Accounting
- Workflow is an accounting legal term that refers to the examination of the way in which the specific work tasks of a company, or a company division, is done, such that an accounting value is deemed and ascribed to each step in the work process, or to each…
- Workgroup
- Persons sharing files and data between themselves.
- Working Capital
- Working Capital is an accounting legal term that refers to the dollar amount, in value, used by a company in carrying on its business activities. This amount excludes the cost, or value, of equipment and buildings.
- Workplace Values
- A combination of concepts and ideas that give a worker contentment both when on the job and at home. When an employee isn't happy with his workplace values, his home life is often affected so it's important that a values check is made on a regular basis to…
- Workstation
- The computer attached to the Internet.
- wrap top surplice top
- A bodice created by the cross-wrapping of fabric; may be in front or back, and associated with a high or low neckline.
- WRAP-UP INSURANCE
- Broad policy coordinated to cover liability exposures for a large group of businesses that have something in common. Might be used to insure all businesses working on a large construction project, such as an apartment complex.
- WRITE
- To insure, underwrite, or accept an application for insurance.
- Write Off
- A write off is the act of charging part or all of the value of an asset off to an expense or loss. The asset is thus written off, for accounting purposes.
- WRTA
- The Western Regional Transmission Association, an RTG.
- WSSCC
- The Western System Coordinating Council. A voluntary industry association created to enhance reliability among western utilities.
- WSSP
- The Western Systems Power Pool. A FERC approved industry institution that provides a forum for short-term trades in electric energy, capacity, exchanges and transmission services. The pool consists of approximately 50 members and serves 22 states, a Canadian…
- WWW
- World Wide Web (or Web) is the most popular Internet service. It allows access to the information and services from the web servers. A web browser is needed to use the Web.