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Appendix B Glossary
Glossary
Description
W
WAN (Wide Area
Network)
Data communications network that serves users across a broad
geographic area and often uses transmission devices provided
by common carriers.
WEP (Wired Equivalent
Privacy)
A data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit or 128-bit or 152-
bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11
standard.
Wi-Fi
A trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance, founded in 1999 as Wireless
Internet Compatibility Alliance (WICA), comprising more than 300
companies, whose products are certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance,
based on the IEEE 802.11 standards (also called Wireless LAN
(WLAN) and Wi-Fi). This certification warrants interoperability
between different wireless devices.
WISP (Wireless Internet
Service Provider)
WISPs are Internet service providers with networks built around
wireless networking. The technology used ranges from
commonplace Wi-Fi mesh networking or proprietary equipment
designed to operate over open 900MHz, 2.4GHz, 4.9, 5.2, 5.4,
and 5.8GHz bands or licensed frequencies in the UHF or MMDS
bands.
WLAN (Wireless Local
Area Network)
A group of computers and associated devices communicate with
each other wirelessly, which network serving users are limited in
a local area.
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