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WAN: Wide Area Network

WAP: Wireless Application Protocol. A standard for providing internet access from WAP-enabled mobile phones. Users can access portals for news and services from the internet. Mobile phone firms are beginning to offer more services for their WAP phones.

Wi-Fi: The standard for wireless networking, allowing laptops and PDAs to connect to a company network over radio links. Also known as 802.11b, Wi-Fi is intended to allow users to become more mobile and to work more productively.

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X: A measurement of CD drive speed; each multiple of x translates to 153,600 Bytes of data per second.  

XGA (Extended Graphics Array): The most common screen resolution for notebooks and desktops: 1,024 pixels (dots per inch) horizontally by 768 vertically. Other resolutions are SXGA (Super Extended Graphics Array) (1,280-by-1,024), used more on desktops than notebooks), SXGA+ (1,400-by-1,050), and UXGA (Ultra Extended Graphics Array) (1,600-by-1,200). The higher resolutions make for crisp graphics and small text.  

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York lock: Type of lock seldom seen nowaways

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Zip Drives: Zip drives are slightly larger than conventional floppy disks, and about twice as thick. They can hold 100 MB of data. They have become a popular media for backing up hard disks and for transporting large files.