connectivity for consumer electronics such as televisions, DVD players, and digital cameras.
Wireless
Telecommunications using electromagnetic waves rather than wires or cable to transmit information. Wireless communication can be used for free-ranging mobile systems such as cell phones and global positioning systems (GPS), which use satellite technology. Wireless systems can also be fixed, such as LANs that provide wireless communications within a limited area (such as an office), or wireless peripherals such as mice and keyboards.
WMA (Windows Media Audio)
An audio format owned by Microsoft, is a part of Microsoft Windows Media technology. Includes Microsoft Digital Rights Management tools, Windows Media Video encoding technology, and Windows Media Audio encoding technology.
WPA / WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access)
AWi-Fi standard that was designed to improve upon the security features of WEP. The technology is designed to work with existing Wi-Fi products that have been enabled with WEP (i.e. as a software upgrade to existing hardware), but the technology includes two improvements over WEP.
WPS
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is a standard for easy and secure establishment of a wireless home network. The goal of the WPS protocol is to simplify the process of configuring security on wireless networks.
