Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms
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VPN
Virtual Private Network.
VPN extends a private network across a public network, such as the Internet.
The Virtual Private Network enables a computer to send and receive data across shared or
public networks as if it were directly connected to the private network, while benefitting from
the functionality, security and management policies of the private network.
WCF
Windows Communication Foundation.
A framework for building service-oriented applications.
WCCU
An Essence Term.
A Smart Plug peripheral device.
WMI
Windows Management Instrumentation.
A set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model that provides an operating system interface
through which instrumented components provide information and notification.
WWW, Web
World Wide Web.
Also abbreviated as WWW or W3 and known as the Web.
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the
Internet.
Using a web browser, web pages that may contain text, images, videos, and other multimedia,
may viewed, and navigated in between via hyperlinks.
Wi-Fi
(Also spelled: Wifi, wi-fi or WiFi) is a popular technology that allows an electronic device to
exchange data wirelessly over a computer network, including high-speed Internet
connections.
XML
Extensible Markup Language.
A markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both
human-readable and machine-readable.
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