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- Wireless network: While the term wireless network may technically be used to refer to any type of network that is wireless, the term is most commonly used to refer to a telecommunications network whose...>more
- Wireless on the human body: The new frontier of wireless the data travels on the human body The slid July, Microsoft made fuss patenting the possibility to use the human body like vehicle conductor for the transmission of...>more
- WLAN: ( W ireless L ocal A rea N etwork) A local telecommunications network that uses high-frequency radio waves instead of wired connections as the channel between devices. >more
- WML: ( W ireless M arkup L anguage) A language developed for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) that provides text versions of web sites to wireless devices such as mobile telephones and PDAs. >more
- Womens Engineering Organization: Graduate Women in Science Hypatia Institute The National Research Council, Committee on Women in Science and Engineering WISE --The National Research Council's Women in Science...>more
- Womens Engineering Organization for Biological Sciences: American Association of Immunologists, Committee on the Status of Women American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Women in Bioengineering Committee American Physiology...>more
- Womens Engineering Organization for Medicine and Public Health: American Association of Medical Colleges, Women in Medicine Coordinating Committee American Medical Association, Women Physician's Congress American Medical Women's Association...>more
- Womens Engineering Organization for Physical Sciences: American Association for Physics Teachers, Committee on Women in Physics American Astronomical Society, Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy American Chemical Society, Women...>more
- Womens Engineering Organization for Technology and Computer Science: Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology Association for Women in Computing Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology Computing Research Association, Committee on the...>more
- Woofer: This is a speaker unit for reproducing the low-frequency portions of the audio signal. Generally, woofers with a large diameter are more effective for reproducing low-frequency sounds. In many...>more
- word: The number of bits that the central processing unit operates on at one time when it is performing an instruction or operating on data. A word is usually composed of a fixed number of bits. >more
- Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorder Hazard: Workplace conditions or physical work activities that cause or are reasonably likely to cause or contribute to a work related musculoskeletal disorder.>more
- Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSD, WRMSD): Injuries and disorders of the muscles, nerves, tendons, ligaments, joints, cartilage and spinal disc due to physical work activities or workplace conditions in the job. Examples include: carpal...>more
- Workspace: The maximum reach space refers to all of the points the robot can possibly reach. The dexterous workspace is all of the possible points the robot can reach with an arbitrary orientation. The...>more
- World Wide Web (WWW): A network of servers that uses hypertext links to find and access files. Many Web sites also support video and sound.>more
- Worldscale: An index which represents the cost of time chartering a tanker for a specific voyage at any given time. The index is given at Worldscale 100, which represents the price in dollars per ton for...>more
- write: The process of putting information into a storage location. >more
- WRULD: Work Related Upper Limb Disorder >more
- WW: Weather Working. The term is used in the context of maritime navigation, logistics and terminal operations. >more
- X 12: ANSI X12 Ver. 3050 transaction sets can be described in six pages of 3 digit codes. The X12 format standard is commonly used in EDI (automated computer to computer data exchange). Purchasing...>more
- X.25: A data communication protocol that ensures data integrity while data is being transmitted to, from and within the network. This standard defines the interconnection of packet-switching networks and...>more
- X.400: Defines the special rules for transmission of a message which may include text, pictures, and graphics, and allows information to be transmitted between computers, without specific manufacturer...>more
- X.500: The establishment of any global interconnected network, requires a directory. The standard for establishing such a directory is X.500, which enables users to browse through user listings as though...>more
- XOR: See exclusive-OR . >more
- Y-cable: A cable characterized by 1 connection to an input jack that accommodates 2 output jacks, resembling the letter "Y" when extended. A Y-cable is often referred to as a "splitter." Y-cables for...>more
- Yeast artificial chromosomes: YAC s: a vector that can carry large sequences of genomic DNA (millions of base pairs) and is useful in genomic cloning. >more
- Yellow submarine: The bottom of the ocean is a still unexplored place and lacking in traffic for this it has been planned a new type of underwater vehicle. Gemini is the name of a submarine devised from Robert...>more
- Yi Lu: Professor of Chemistry Department of Chemistry University of Illinois A322 Chemical & Life Sciences Lab 600 South Mathews Avenue Urbana, IL 61801 (217)333-2619 Fax: (217)244-3186 yi-lu@uiuc.edu...>more
- Z-boson: A gauge boson with no electric charge. It mediates the weak neutral current . It was studied in spectacular detailed by experiments at LEP and the SLC .>more
- ZEUS: An experiment located at the DESY laboratory. ZEUS uses the electron-proton collider called HERA . For more information, see: >more
- Ziegler-Nichols closed-loop tuning method: A method for determining a controller's tuning constants by finding the value of the proportional gain that will cause the control loop to oscillate indefinitely at a constant amplitude when...>more
- Ziegler-Nichols open-loop tuning method.: A method for determining the tuning constants for a controller by testing the process variable's response to a change in the control variable output in an open-loop system. >more
- zooxanthellae: Microscopic dinoflagellate algae that live mutualistically in the tissues of certain marine invertebrates, including reef-building corals and giant clams. Symbiotic unicellular dinoflagellate...>more
- zygote: A zygote is a cell that is formed when gametes - usually a female egg cell and a male sperm cell - fuse. This process occurs during fertilisation. The nuclei of the two cells fuse to produce a...>more
- zygote: A zygote is a cell that is formed when gametes - usually a female egg cell and a male sperm cell - fuse. This process occurs during fertilisation. The nuclei of the two cells fuse to produce a...>more
- Zymogen /Proenzyme: An inactive precursor to an activated enzyme. Often the zymogen requires a proteolytic cleavage to become active.>more
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