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W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium, (W3C) is an international standards organization where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. See ISO, HTML, SDO, UDDI, WSDL, WWW, XML

WAN - Wide Area Network, typically by connecting separate LANs together for a single enterprise WAN, such as a group of clinics with a single computer network across multiple sites. See LAN

WAP - Wireless Application Protocol.

WBS - Work Breakdown Structure.

WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy.

WHIN - The Western Health Information Network, the final phase of the Long Beach Network for Health. See LBNH, Trial Implementation

WHO - The World Health Organization is an agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates global public health efforts. The WHO headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland. See Biosurveillance, CDC, CDPH, ICD, Syndrome

Wi-Fi - The common name for wireless LAN signals, "Wi-Fi" is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance and the brand name for products using the IEEE 802.11 family of standards. See Access Point, IEEE, LAN, wLAN

Wiki - [1] Hawaiian word for "fast" [2] A type of collaborative software that typically allows web pages to be created and collaboratively edited using a common web browser [3] A website that uses wiki software, allowing easy creation and editing of content.

WiMAX - Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, a broadband wireless access technology based on the IEEE 802.16 standard. WiMAX is a wireless competitor for the "last mile" to cable TV and DSL circuits.

wLAN - Wireless Local Area Network.

Workflow - An informal term for a business process. Workflow is the preferred term in computer programming when describing human-to-machine interaction. See Business Process, Swimlanes

WorldVistA - WorldVistA was incorporated in 2002 as a California non-profit corporation. It is a VistA user group that seeks to extend and collaboratively improve the VistA electronic health record system for use outside of its original setting. See CPRS, OpenVistA, VistA

World Wide Web See WWW

Worm - A computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers. See Malware

WSDL - Web Services Description Language. See SOA, SOAP, UDDI, W3C

WWW - The World Wide Web (WWW) is a system of interlinked hypertext documents on the Internet. See Hypertext, Internet, W3C

WYSIWYG - ("wiz-ee-wig") Acronym for "What You See Is What You Get" indicating that the graphical display of content on screen is nearly identical to the printed output. See PARC


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	Health Informatics Glossary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium, (W3C) is an international standards organization where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. See ISO, HTML, SDO, UDDI, WSDL, WWW, XML WAN - Wide Area Network, typically by connecting separate LANs together for a single enterprise WAN, such as a group of clinics with a single computer network across multiple sites. See LAN WAP - Wireless Application Protocol. WBS - Work Breakdown Structure. WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy. WHIN - The Western Health Information Network, the final phase of the Long Beach Network for Health. See LBNH, Trial Implementation WHO - The World Health Organization is an agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates global public health efforts. The WHO headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland. See Biosurveillance, CDC, CDPH, ICD, Syndrome Top of Page Wi-Fi - The common name for wireless LAN signals, "Wi-Fi" is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance and the brand name for products using the IEEE 802.11 family of standards. See Access Point, IEEE, LAN, wLAN Wiki - [1] Hawaiian word for "fast" [2] A type of collaborative software that typically allows web pages to be created and collaboratively edited using a common web browser [3] A website that uses wiki software, allowing easy creation and editing of content. WiMAX - Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, a broadband wireless access technology based on the IEEE 802.16 standard. WiMAX is a wireless competitor for the "last mile" to cable TV and DSL circuits. wLAN - Wireless Local Area Network. Workflow - An informal term for a business process. Workflow is the preferred term in computer programming when describing human-to-machine interaction. See Business Process, Swimlanes WorldVistA - WorldVistA was incorporated in 2002 as a California non-profit corporation. It is a VistA user group that seeks to extend and collaboratively improve the VistA electronic health record system for use outside of its original setting. See CPRS, OpenVistA, VistA World Wide Web See WWW Top of Page Worm - A computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers. See Malware WSDL - Web Services Description Language. See SOA, SOAP, UDDI, W3C WWW - The World Wide Web (WWW) is a system of interlinked hypertext documents on the Internet. See Hypertext, Internet, W3C WYSIWYG - ("wiz-ee-wig") Acronym for "What You See Is What You Get" indicating that the graphical display of content on screen is nearly identical to the printed output. See PARC

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