226 Glossary

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Web — See World Wide Web.

 

Wi-Fi®— A registered trademark term of the Wi-Fi Alliance that stands

 

for Wireless Fidelity, and is another term for the communication

 

protocol to permit an Ethernet connection using wireless

 

communication components.

 

World Wide Web (www) — The worldwide network of Web sites

 

linked together over the Internet. A user of the Web can jump from

 

site to site regardless of the location of the computer hosting the site.

 

See also Internet.