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Glossary
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Value added
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Gross output minus intermediate inputs. It is valued at producers’ prices and includes all indirect taxes but excludes VAT and subsidies.
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VAR
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(Value Added Reseller) An organization that adds value to a system and resells it. For example, it could purchase a CPU and peripherals from different vendors, graphics software from another and package it all together as a specialized CAD system. Although VARs typically repackage products, they might also include programs they have developed themselves. The terms VAR and ISV are often used interchangeably.
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VARs
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Value Added Resellers
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VAS
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Value-Added Service. A service provided by a telecommunication network encompassing data processing at higher layers of the OSI reference model.
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VoIP
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Voice over IP - voice delivered using the Internet Protocol. Is used in IP telephony for a set of facilities for managing the delivery of voice information using the Internet Protocol (IP). It means sending voice information in a packet mode rather than in the circuit mode used by the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).
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VPN
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Virtual Private Network
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VSAT
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Very Small Aperture Terminal. An earthbound station used in satellite communication of data, voice and video signals, excluding broadcast television.
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WAN
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Wide Area Network. A network allowing the interconnection and intercommunication of a group of computers over a long distance.
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WAP
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Wireless Application Protocol
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WAP
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Wireless Application Protocol. A communication protocol for delivering data over mobile telephone systems, allowing cellular phone sets and other mobile handset systems to access WWW pages and other wireless services.
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WARC '92
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World Administrative Radio Conference 1992
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WASP
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Wireless Application Service Providers
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WASPA
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Wireless Application Service Providers Association
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WBS
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Wireless Business Solutions
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WCDMA
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Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
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Website
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A related collection of World Wide Web files that includes a beginning file called a home page.
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WiFi
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Short for Wireless Fidelity. WiFi has been adopted as a common name for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technology based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. At the same time, WiFi is an initiative from the industry to define a set of interoperability tests for WLAN products based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, and to provide such products with a WiFi marking logo and certificate of interoperability.
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WIM
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Wireless Identity Module. Usually associated with SIM
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WiMAX
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Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access.
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Wireless Local Loop / Wireless IP solution
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Consists of two parts, a transceiver that is placed outdoors in direct line of sight to the satellite, and a device that is placed indoors to interface the transceiver with the end user’s communications device, such as a PC. The transceiver receives or sends a signal to a satellite transponder in the sky. The satellite sends and receives signals from a ground station computer that acts as a hub for the system.
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WISP
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Wireless Internet Service Provider
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W-LAN
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Wireless Local Area Network. An implementation of a LAN with no physical wires, using wireless transmitters and receivers. It allows a mobile user to connect to a LAN or WAN through a wireless (radio) connection. A standard, IEEE 802.11, specifies the technologies for wireless LANs.
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WLL
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Wireless Local Loop
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WML
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Wireless Mark-up Language
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WRC
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World Radio-communications Council
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WTLS
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Wireless Transport Layer Security
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WWW
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World Wide Web. The collection of pages in HTML format which reside on web-servers. Although WWW and the internet are different, the terms are increasingly becoming interchangeably used.
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XML
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Extensible Mark-up Language
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