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- W. Wallace McDowell AwardTechnical award
- W3C Markup Validation ServiceValidator service by the World Wide Web Consortium
- Wagner–Fischer algorithmProgramming algorithm
- Walkie-talkieHand-held portable two-way communications device
- WalkmanSeries of portable media players by Sony
- Walkman effectThe Walkman effect is the way music listened to via headphones grants the listener more co
- Wallace treeEfficient hardware implementation of a digital multiplier
- Walmart+Paid subscription service offered by Walmart
- WAN optimizationWAN optimization is a collection of techniques for improving data transfer across wide are
- WannaCry ransomware attack2017 worldwide ransomware cyberattack
- WarezMovies, software or music distributed in violation of copyright
- WatchOSApple Watch operating system
- Water bailiffA water bailiff is a law-enforcement officer responsible for the policing of bodies of wat
- Waterfall modelModelling software development in sequential phases
- WatermarkA watermark is an identifying image or pattern in paper that appears as various shades of
- WATFIVImplementation of the Fortran computer programming language
- WAVFile format standard for storing audio on PCs
- Wavelength-division multiplexingFiber-optic communications technology
- Wayback MachineDigital archive by the Internet Archive
- Weak artificial intelligenceForm of artificial intelligence
- Weak heapData structure for priority queues
- Weak keyIn cryptography, a weak key is a key, which, used with a specific cipher, makes the cipher
- Wear OSSmartwatch operating system by Google
- Wearable computerSmall computing device worn on the body
- Web (programming system)Macro-based programming language
- Web 2.0Websites that use technology beyond the static pages of the early Internet
- Web accessibilityAccessibility of World Wide Web
- Web applicationApplication that uses a web browser as a client
- Web archivingPreserving history of web pages
- Web Authentication Working GroupThe Web Authentication Working Group, created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) on Fe
- Web bannerType of advertising
- Web beaconMethod to track the viewing of a webpage
- Web browsing historyList of web pages a user has visited recently
- Web contentContent encountered as part of the user experience on websites
- Web crawlerSoftware that systematically browses the World Wide Web
- Web data integrationWeb data integration (WDI) is the process of aggregating and managing data from different
- Web developmentDevelopment of websites and web apps
- Web engineeringWeb application development platform
- Web Environment IntegrityAbandoned API proposal by Google
- Web feedData format
- Web GISTechnologies employing the World Wide Web to manage spatial data
- Web hosting serviceService for hosting websites
- Web Map ServiceA Web Map Service (WMS) is a standard protocol developed by the Open Geospatial Consortium
- Web Mercator projectionWeb Mercator, Google Web Mercator, Spherical Mercator, WGS 84 Web Mercator or WGS 84/Pseud
- Web navigationFollowing hyperlinks on the World Wide Web
- Web of trustMechanism for authenticating cryptographic keys
- Web Open Font FormatFile format for fonts in web pages
- Web pageContent provided by a website
- Web platformBrowser-based computing platform
- Web resourceIdentifiable entity on the World Wide Web
- Web scienceWeb science is an emerging interdisciplinary field concerned with the study of large-scale
- Web scrapingMethod of extracting data from websites
- Web seriesEpisodic short videos released online
- Web serverComputer software that distributes web pages
- Web serviceService offered between electronic devices via the Internet
- Web shellInterface enabling remote access to a web server
- Web storageClient-side data storage in web browsers
- Web threatA web threat is any threat that uses the World Wide Web to facilitate cybercrime. Web thre
- Web trackingCollection of information regarding user usage by websites
- Web trafficFlow of data across the Web, the largest portion of Internet traffic
- Web typographyWeb typography, like typography generally, is the design of pages – their layout and typef
- Web usabilityUsability and concise presentation of information on websites
- Web-based experimentsExperiment conducted over the Internet
- Web2pyPython-based web framework
- Web3DWeb-based interactive 3D content
- WebAssemblyAssembly language and bytecode for web browsers
- WebAuthnPublic-key authentication standard
- WebcamVideo camera connected to a computer or network
- Webcam modelLivestream video performer
- WebcastInternet media presentation via streaming media technology
- WebCLSoftware
- WebCrawlerWebCrawler is a search engine, and one of the oldest surviving search engines on the web t
- WebGLJavaScript bindings for OpenGL in web browsers
- WebGPUWeb standard and API
- WebKitOpen source browser engine
- WebmailEmail service that can be accessed using a web browser
- WebmasterPerson responsible for maintaining one or many websites
- WebMoneyRussian online payment system
- WebringA webring (or web ring) is a collection of websites linked together in a circular structur
- WebRTCAPI that supports browser-to-browser communication
- WebXRExperimental JavaScript API for augmented/virtual reality devices
- WeChatChinese multi-purpose mobile app
- Weighted automatonFinite-state machine where edges carry weights
- Western Electric System 1393 Radar Course Directing CentralThe Western Electric System 1393 Radar Course Directing Central (RCDC) was a Cold War comp
- WhatsAppMessaging and VoIP service owned by Meta
- WHATWGCommunity interested in evolving HTML and related technologies
- Wheatstone bridgeSystem to measure electrical resistance
- Whip antennaType of radio antenna
- Whirlwind IVacuum tube computer developed by the MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory
- White clipperA white clipper (or white limiter) is a circuit in professional video products that limits
- White hat (computer security)Computer hacker who hacks ethically
- White spaces (radio)Frequencies allocated to a broadcasting service but not used locally
- Whitespace characterComputer text file character representing blank space
- Who Owns the Future?Book by Jaron Lanier
- WhonixAnonymous operating system
- Why didn't you invest in Eastern Poland?Polish advertising campaign
- Wi-Fi callingProtocol that extends mobile voice, data and multimedia applications over IP networks
- Wi-Fi DirectWi-Fi standard for peer-to-peer wireless connections
- Wi-Fi hotspotWi-Fi access point
- Wi-Fi Protected AccessSecurity protocol for wireless computer networks
- Wide Area Information ServerInternet information retrieval service
- Wide area networkComputer network that connects devices across a large distance and area
- Wide-angle lensIn photography and cinematography, a wide-angle lens is a lens covering a large angle of v
- Wiener's attackCryptographic attack on the RSA system
- WikiType of website edited collaboratively
- Wiki softwareSoftware to run a collaborative wiki
- WikiConference North AmericaConference by the Wikimedia community
- Wikimedia CommonsOnline repository of media usable for any purpose
- Wikimedia FoundationAmerican charitable organization
- Wikimedia Foundation v. NSALawsuit against the U.S. National Security Agency
- Wikimedia movementGroup of global contributors to Wikimedia projects
- Wikipedia ZeroProject by the Wikimedia Foundation
- WikiquoteFree repository of quotes hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation
- Wil van der AalstDutch computer scientist and professor
- Wildlife inspectorA wildlife inspector is a person empowered by law to protect wildlife.
- Wilkinson's polynomialIn numerical analysis, Wilkinson's polynomial is a specific polynomial which was used by J
- William CaslonWilliam Caslon I (1692/93 – 23 January 1766), also known as William Caslon the Elder, was
- William Fothergill Cooke19th-century telegraph pioneer
- Williams tubeEarly form of computer memory
- WIMP (computing)Style of human–computer interaction
- Window (computing)Visual area containing some kind of user interface
- Window function (SQL)Function over multiple rows in SQL
- Window managerType of system software
- Windowing systemSoftware that manages separately different parts of display screens
- Windows 1.01985 Microsoft operating system version
- Windows 102015 Microsoft operating system version
- Windows 10 version historyList of Windows 10 operating system versions
- Windows 112021 Microsoft operating system version
- Windows 20001999 Microsoft operating system version
- Windows 3.01990 Microsoft operating system version
- Windows 3.11992 Microsoft operating system version
- Windows 72009 Microsoft operating system version
- Windows 82012 Microsoft operating system version
- Windows 951995 Microsoft operating system version
- Windows 981998 Microsoft operating system version
- Windows 9xSeries of Microsoft operating systems
- Windows Address BookWindows Address Book was a component of Microsoft Windows that lets users keep a single li
- Windows Advanced Rasterization PlatformWindows Advanced Rasterization Platform (WARP) is a software rasterizer and a component of
- Windows APIMicrosoft's core set of application programming interfaces on Windows
- Windows Color SystemWindows Color System (WCS) is a platform for color management, first included with Windows
- Windows Desktop UpdateWindows Desktop Update was an optional feature by Microsoft that was included with Interne
- Windows Embedded CE 6.0Windows Embedded CE 6.0 (codenamed "Yamazaki") is the sixth major release of the Microsoft
- Windows FirewallFirewall software for Windows
- Windows Imaging ComponentWindows Imaging Component (WIC) is a COM-based imaging codec framework introduced in Windo
- Windows Imaging FormatThe Windows Imaging Format (WIM) is a file-based disk image format. It was developed by Mi
- Windows MarketplaceWindows Marketplace was a Microsoft platform for the delivery of software electronically t
- Windows Me2000 Microsoft operating system version
- Windows NotepadSimple text editor included with Microsoft Windows
- Windows NTMicrosoft operating system family
- Windows NT 3.511995 Microsoft operating system version
- Windows PhoneFamily of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft
- Windows RegistryDatabase for Microsoft Windows
- Windows ServerGroup of server operating systems by Microsoft
- Windows Server 2003Version of Windows Server, released in 2003
- Windows Server Update ServicesUpdate distribution system for Windows Server
- Windows serviceIn Windows NT operating systems, a Windows service is a computer program that operates in
- Windows Services for UNIXWindows Services for UNIX (SFU) is a discontinued software package produced by Microsoft w
- Windows shellGraphical user interface for Microsoft Windows
- Windows Task SchedulerTask Scheduler (formerly Scheduled Tasks) is a job scheduler in Microsoft Windows that lau
- Windows To GoFeature in several Microsoft Windows versions
- Windows UpdateSoftware update distribution service for Microsoft Windows
- Windows Vista2006 Microsoft operating system version
- Windows XP2001 Microsoft operating system version
- Windows-1252Windows character set for Latin alphabet
- Wine (software)Windows compatibility software
- Wing IDEIntegrated development environment
- Winifred AspreyAmerican computer scientist and mathematician
- WinlogonWinlogon (Windows Logon) is the component of Microsoft Windows operating systems that is r
- WinRARFile archiver
- Winston W. RoyceAmerican software engineer (1929–1995)
- WintelPartnership between Microsoft Windows and Intel
- Wiper (malware)Malware designed to erase files on the host computer
- Wire recordingWire recording, also known as magnetic wire recording, was the first magnetic recording te
- Wire-frame modelRepresentation of a 3D object with only its edges rendered
- Wired communicationWired communication refers to the transmission of data over a wire-based communication tec
- Wired Equivalent PrivacyDeprecated security algorithm for wireless networks
- WirelessTransfer of information or power that does not require the use of physical wires
- Wireless access pointDevice that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network
- Wireless broadbandTelecommunications technology
- Wireless community networkWireless community networks or wireless community projects or simply community networks, a
- Wireless LANComputer network that links devices using wireless communication within a limited area
- Wireless mesh networkRadio nodes organized in a mesh topology
- Wireless networkComputer network not fully connected by cables
- Wireless telegraphyMethod of communication by radio waves
- Wireless Transport Layer SecurityWAP security protocol
- Wirth syntax notationWirth syntax notation (WSN) is a metasyntax, that is, a formal way to describe formal lang
- Wisdom of the crowdCollective perception of a group of people
- Wolfgang HändlerGerman mathematician and pioneering computer scientist
- WolframAlphaSearch and answer engine
- Women and video gamesWomen as makers and consumers of video games
- Word (computer architecture)Base memory unit handled by a computer
- Word of mouthPassing information orally from person to person
- Word processor (electronic device)Electronic device
- WordfilterScript used to censor words or phrases on the internet
- WordPerfectWord processing application
- WordPressContent management system
- Work stealingParallel computing algorithm
- WorkflowPattern of activity often with a result
- Working directoryDefault directory for file-system operations
- Working paperA working paper or work paper may be:
- Working setSet of resources actively used by a process
- WorkstationHigh-end single-user computer
- World Summit on the Information SocietyUnited Nations-sponsored summit
- WorldWideWebFirst web browser, later renamed Nexus
- WPS OfficeOffice suite software by Kingsoft
- Write once read manyWrite-protected data storage device
- Write once, compile anywhereDesign goal for source code to be universally compilable
- WxPythonPython wrapper for wxWidgets
- WxWidgetswxWidgets (formerly wxWindows) is a widget toolkit and tools library for creating graphica
- WYSIWYMAcronym for "what you see is what you mean"