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- WAN
See wide area network.
- web proxy
A type of proxy that is used to act on behalf of a web client or web server.
- web server
A server that holds and delivers web pages and other web content using the HTTP protocol. See also Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
- wide area network (WAN)
A network that crosses local, regional, or international boundaries.
- Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
A Windows NT service that dynamically associates the NetBIOS name of a host with a domain name. See also Network Basic Input/Output System (NetBIOS).
- WinNuke
A Windows-based attack that affects only computers running Windows NT 3.51 or 4. It is caused by the way the Windows NT TCP/IP stack handles bad data in the TCP header. Instead of returning ...
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