Waiver
An override to the standard terms
and conditions of a contract. Often times used by Sales to give
the customer a price break (based either on volume or
lack of a Non-Recurring Charge for installation).
WAN - Wide Area Network
Remote computer
communications system. WANs allow file sharing among geographically
distributed
workgroups (typically at higher
cost and slower speed than LANs or MANs). WANs typically use
common carriers' circuits and networks. WANs
may serve as a customized communication
"backbone" that interconnects all of an organization's local
networks with communications trunks
that are
designed to be appropriate for anticipated communication rates and volumes
between nodes.
Waterfall Cabling
A method of routing
cables between overhead cable racks and the DSX panels, that employs the
full width of the rear of the DSX frame, as opposed
to just the area between the flanges or
adjacent
bays.
WATS - Wide Area Telephone Service
Flat
rate, or special rate pay-by-the-minute (measured) billing for a specified
calling area. May be
outbound or inbound (e.g.
800). A bulk-rate long-distance telephonen service offering.
WDM - Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Simultaneous transmission of several signals in an optical waveguide at
differing wavelengths.
Wideband
A medium-capacity communications
Circuit/path. It usually implies a speed from 64Kbps to
1.544Mbps.
Wire Center
The building in which one or
more local switching systems are installed and where the outside
lines, or wires, leading to customer premises are
connected to the central office equipment.
(Also
known as a Service Wire Center.)
Wireless
Radio waves, cellular,
satellite, microwave, etc. No physical transmission path.
WTN - Working Telephone Number
Means what
it says.
World Wide Web (WWW)
Internet system for
world-wide hypertext linking of multimedia documents, making the
relationship
of information that is common
between documents easily accessible and completely independent
of physical location.
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