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- watt
The unit of measure for power, equal to the number of volts in a circuit times the number of amps.
- webcams
A video-only camera that connects to a computer so that the video it captures can be sent across the Internet in real time.
- wide area networks (WAN)
A network that expands LANs to include networks outside of the local environment and also to distribute resources across distances.
- WiFi
A collection of IEEE 802.11x standards.
- WiFi Protected Access (WPA)
An enhancement of 802.11 encryption that secures WiFi communications. The current standard is WPA2.
- Windows Catalog
A list of all the hardware that works with Windows that also details which versions of Windows the hardware works with. The new name for the Hardware Compatibility ...
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