W A| B| C| D| E| F| G| H| I| J| K| L| M| N| O| P| Q| R| S| T| U| V| W| X| Y| Z| Numerical Listing| WAN (Wide-Area Network) A data transmission facility that connects geographically dispersed sites using long-haul networking facilities. WAN Performance Monitor A tool or toolset (hardware/software) to allow monitoring of wide-area network traffic and problems. WangOFFICE Wang’s integrated office information system. WATS (Wide Area Telephone Service) A telephone company service providing reduced costs from certain telephone call arrangements. It may be IN-WATS or 800 number service, for which calls can be placed to a location from anywhere at no cost to the calling party, or OUT-WATS, for which calls are placed from a central location. The cost is based on hourly usage per WATS circuit and on distance-based zones, or bands, to which (or from) calls are placed. TOP OF PAGE WAPI (WfMC API) Workflow Management Coalition's Workflow API, designed to enable workflow application interoperability in a heterogeneous workflow environment in five key areas between: business process re-engineering/modeling tools and workflow systems; workflow systems and workflow-client applications; workflow systems and desktop applications; workflow engines; and common workflow administration and monitoring services. WfMC (Workflow Management Coalition) A nonprofit, international consortium of more than 180 workflow vendors, users, service providers and analysts, founded in July 1993 to address the standardization of workflow technology. The WfMC's goal is to document an agreed-upon set of terminology. APIs, protocols and formats that will allow workflow products to interoperate. WIMPS (Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers, Scroll Bars) A style of graphical user interface originally developed by Xerox and popularized by the Apple Macintosh. Windowing A display technique that uses multiple screen segments to display different items of information. The display can take two forms: tiling (breaking up the screen into discrete segments) and overlapping (producing a three-dimensional effect by having a screen segment partially or fully obscure another segment). Windows Specifically, the software system written by Microsoft to manage windows for Intel 80x86-based personal computers; it runs under MS-DOS and uses multiple screen segments to display different items of information. Windows 95 Microsoft’s 32-bit operating system expected to offer memory protection, multithreading, integrated networking, and pre-emptive multitasking — the same features that make OS/2 and Unix such robust operating systems. TOP OF PAGE WK1 The specification for the structure of data stored on disk by Lotus 1-2-3 Releases 1 and 2. Due to 1-2-3’s popularity, it has become a de facto standard by which some PC applications can read and write each other’s data. WK3 The specification for the structure of data stored on disk by Lotus 1-2-3 Release 3. Due to 1-2-3’s popularity, it is expected to become a de facto standard by which some PC applications can read and write each other’s data. Work Flow The automation of work among users where the system is intelligent enough to act based on the definition of work types, users, tasks and the recognition of dynamic processing conditions. Workstations Man/machine interaction devices that are composed of coordinated input/output devices (including video displays, keyboards and functional menus) and that may include off-line storage capabilities. Used for graphics, text, data and retrieval functions. WORM (Write Once, Read Many) A digital, optical storage medium on which information can be recorded once and read many times. Provides for extremely compact storage of data at relatively low prices compared to traditional magnetic storage. TOP OF PAGE WOSA (Windows Open Service Architecture) An architecture and set of application programming interfaces that position Windows as a universal client. It standardizes the interfaces that developers can use in accessing underlying network services. Comments? Questions? Entire contents Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Gartner Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of this publication in any form without prior written permission is forbidden. Please read the guidelines for customer use of GartnerGroup intellecual property.