WALLPAPER- Patterned paper that is stuck upon the wall. Also used to describe the background pictures in Microsoft Windows.

WAN- Wide Area Network.

WBSTARTUP- A drawer that contains a number of programs to be executed when Workbench is booted.

WCS- Writable Control Store. This is the 256k of extra memory on the A1000 that the Kickstart disk is copied to. In later releases, the Kickstart was already present in the ROM.

WEB COMPUTER- A computer designed solely to access the Internet. Also known as a Net Computer. The Amiga was going to have its own design in the form of ED.

WILDCARD- A symbol that represents a filename that may involve a number of variables in the name. This allows the user to look for a file without remembering the exact name. E.g. LIST DH0:#?.PNG. This will list all of the files with a .PNG extension on the DH0: drive.

WIMP- Windows Icon Menus and Pointers. A method of using the mouse to control the software on a computer.

WINDOW- A rectangular window that displays a program interface or the contents of a directory.

WORKBENCH- The Amiga's system operating system, based upon the WIMP system to provide an easy to use environment to work in.

WORM- Write Once Read Many times. A disk format that can only be written to once, but can be read many times. The most popular WORM format are CDs.

WRITE ENABLE- To allow data to be written on to a disk.

WRITE PROTECT- Also called read-only. This prevents any data from being written to a disk.

WWW- World Wide Web. The hypertext-based information library on the internet. It also provides the ability to view text, graphics, and sound over the internet.

WYSIWYG- What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzie-Wig). A program that gives you a graphical representation of exactly how the display will appear when it is printed.

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