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To help you understand the jargon used, we have put together a brief glossary of e-business terms.

eBusiness Glossar

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W

W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access)

A standard facilitating the delivery of high-speed data to compatible mobile phone handsets.

W3C

Synonym for the "World Wide Web Consortium". The consortium promotes standards and the interoperability of World Wide Web products. The original headquarters of the consortium was the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva where the technology of the World Wide Web was developed.

Wallet

An electronic wallet (software) that, depending on the currency, contains either electronic money for direct payment, or the required data for payment via an account.

WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)

An emerging protocol whereby Web-coded information is adapted for use in mobile access devices such as cellphones, pagers or alternative means.

Web Browser

A client program that runs on an end-user's computer, linking it to the World Wide Web.

Web Publishing

Publishing of all types in the WWW. This ranges from online versions of print publications up to dynamic web pages.

Web site

Complete WWW appearance of a company or private person, a web site can be made up of one or more pages

WML

Stands for Wireless Markup Language. This is the marking language of WAP-capable devices.

WML (Wireless Markup Language)

A markup language providing a 'light' version of a Web site for viewing on handheld devices.

World Wide Web

Part of the Internet based on the page description language, HTML. The pages are transferred onto the computer in HTML and converted (interpreted) by the browser into a graphic structure. Images as well as sound and video can be transmitted in the WWW.

WWW

World Wide Web. Part of the Internet based on the page description language, HTML. The pages are transferred onto the computer in HTML and converted (interpreted) by the browser into a graphic structure. Images as well as sound and video can be transmitted in the WWW.