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Glossary Definitions
- WAP
Wireless Application Protocol, the standard way of sending information instantly to handheld wireless devices such as mobile phones and smartphones. - IP Trust / INFACT (13th Edition)
- Wholesale Money Market
The wholesale money market, or interbrain rate, is the market where financial institutions borrow and lend to each other. The banks and building societies that trade on the market would use it to adjust their cash positions. Interest rates on the wholesale money market are an important pointer to the rates that borrowers among the public must pay for loans. - Wide Area Network (WAN)
A wide area network WAN is a geographically dispersed telecommunications network. The term distinguishes a broader telecommunication structure from a local area network. A wide area network may be privately owned or rented, but the term usually denotes the inclusion of public (shared user) networks. (www.whatis.com) - Dell Ireland (6th Edition)
- Workforce
Consists of everyone of working age who is employed and seeking employment. People not included are students, retired people and stay at home parents. - The Pensions Board (11th Edition)
- World wide web
A directory of addresses and information sites around the world which can be accessed via the internet. Access to this information superhighway has enabled whole new markets to open up in ebusiness. The world wide web allows not only text but also video and sound files to be accessed from anywhere in the world at any time and in a matter of seconds.
