Electronic Definitions (W)
[W] Presenting a list of electronic terms starting with letter w that are available for more detailed lookup for their definitions or abbreviation explanation. All terms are listed in alphabetical order for easy browsing.
Electronic Acronyms And Terms For [W] | Description | Other Electronic Terms Somewhat Related; |
Wall Plate |
- Used in homes to cover phone jacks | |
Wallwart |
- The AC or DC power adapter that plugs into the wall to power a device that has a lower voltage | |
WAN |
"Wide Area Network" |
wand |
Wand |
- Is an input device used to read bar codes. It emits a narrow light beam and detects the bar code pattern by reflection | |
WAP |
"Wireless Application Protocol" - A standard for delivery of standard desktop applications to mobile operating systems and wireless devices. WAP enabled phones are emerging allowing users to browse the net |
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WARC |
"World Administrative Radio Conference" | |
Warm Start |
- Is restarting a program following a stoppage without losing data from the previous run. This is contrasted with a cold start which runs the program from the normal starting point as if it had never been run before. | |
Watt |
- Watt is a unit of power. One watt is equal to one ampere of current under the pressure of one volt. - An amount of energy used to continuously supply power to an electric circuit for one hour. For example, a lamp rated at 100 watts that was on for 3 hours would consume 300 watts of power. |
wattc |
Wattc |
"World Administrative Telephone and Telegraph Conference" | |
Wave Solder |
- Soldering of leaded and epoxy attached surface mounted devices by a controlled contact with a machine generated wave of molten solder alloy |
secondary wave solder |
Waveguide |
- Metal pipe of specific diameter used in the feedhorn assembly to conduct microwave signals |
omt, polariser, vswr |
WCDMA |
"Wideband Code Division Multiple Access" |
fdd |
WDM |
"Wavelength Division Multiplex" | |
Wegener |
- Proprietary system for subcarrier stereo transmission. Uses discrete lowlevel companded subcarders. | |
Weighting |
- Correction of SNR measurements to take into account such factors as bandwidth and annoyance value | |
WG |
"WaveGuide" | |
Wien Bridge Oscillator |
- An RC oscillator consisting of an amplifier and a Wien bridge. This is the most widely used low-frequency oscillator. It is ideal for generating frequencies from 5 Hz to I MHz. | |
WIMPS |
"Windows Icons Mouse and Pulldown menus" | |
Winchester Drive |
- Is a disk drive that uses small size hard disks which are suitable for microcomputer systems | |
Window |
- Is either a part of a VDU screen which is specified in the program and is dedicated in its use or that portion of a large document currently visible on the VDU screen |
Windowing |
Windowing |
- Windowing is a process which can narrow the spectrum and make it closer to what was expected. Multiplying by a window function (called 'windowing') suppresses glitches and so avoids the broadening of the frequency spectrum caused by the glitches. | |
WMO |
"World Meteorological Organisation" | |
Word |
- Is a collection of bits treated as a single unit by the central processor |
word length |
Word Length |
- Is the number of bits in each word of a particular computer. In most computers this is fixed but in some it varies with the type of data being stored. | |
WORM |
"Write Once Read Many" times | |
WSI |
"Wafer Scale Integration" | |
WST |
"World Standard Teletext" |
wsts
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WSTS |
"World Semiconductor Trade Statistics" | |
WTDM |
"Wavelength Time Division Multiplex" | |
WWW |
"World Weather Watch" "World Wide Web" |