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                        Computer Evidence Glossary

 
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WAV: File extension name for Windows sound files. “.WAV” files can reach 5 Megabytes for one minute of audio.

Web Site: A collection of Uniform Resource Indicators (URIs), including Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), in the control of one administrative entity. May include different types of URIs (e.g., FTP, telnet, or Internet sites). See URI and URL.

Wiki: A collaborative website that allows visitors to add, remove, and edit content.

Wildcard Operator: A character used in keyword searching that assumes the value of any alphanumeric character and permits more options, such as alternative spellings, to be identified quickly.

Workflow: The automation of a business process, in whole or part, during which ESI or tasks are passed from one participant to another for action according to a set of procedural rules.

Workflow, Ad Hoc: A simple manual process by which documents can be moved around a multi­user review system on an “as­needed” basis.

Workflow, Rule­Based:
A programmed series of automated steps that route documents to various users on a multi­user review system.

Workgroup: A group of computer users connected to share individual talents and resources as well as computer hardware and software – often to accomplish a team goal.

Worm: A self­replicating computer program, sending copies of itself, possibly without any user intervention. See Malware.

WORM Discs: Write Once Read Many Discs. A popular archival storage media during the 1980s. Acknowledged as the first optical discs, they are primarily used to store archives of data that cannot be altered. WORM discs are created by standalone PCs and cannot be used on the network, unlike CD­ROM discs.

WWW (World Wide Web): All of the computers on the Internet which use HTML­capable software (Netscape, Explorer, etc.) to exchange data. Data exchange on the WWW is characterized by easy­to­use graphical interfaces, hypertext links, images, and sound. Today the WWW has become synonymous with the Internet, although technically it is really just one component.

WYSIWYG: ”What You See Is What You Get” – Display and software technology that shows on the computer screen exactly what will print. Often requires a large, high­density monitor.

 

 

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