W-Glossary

Question 1

Website

Answer 1

collection of web pages or hyperlinked webpages owned by an individual, company or organization.

Question 2

Window

Answer 2

portion of a computer display used in a

graphical interface that enables users to select commands by pointing to illustrations or symbols with a mouse.

Question 3

Wide Area Network (WAN)

Answer 3

telecommunication network or computer network that extends over a large geographical distance.

Question 4

Word Processor

Answer 4

computer system or program for setting, editing, revising, correcting, storing and
printing text.

Question 5

World Wide Web (‘WWW’ or ‘The Web’)

Answer 5

network of servers on the Internet that use hypertext-linked databases and files. It was developed in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist and is now the primary platform of the Internet.

Question 6

Workgroup

Answer 6

Persons sharing files and data between

themselves.

Question 7

Workgroup

Answer 7

Persons sharing files and data between

themselves.

Question 8

Workstation

Answer 8

The work area and/or equipment used for
computer operations, including Computer-Aided Design (CAD). Generally consists of a monitor, keyboard, printer and/or plotter and other output devices.