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wires enclosed in an unshielded sheath.
W
WAN Wide-Area Network. A wide-
groups of interconnected computers that are
separated by a wide distance and communicate with
each other via common carrier telecommunication
techniques.
Windows
Windows is a graphical user interface for
workstations that use DOS.
Workgroup
A workgroup is a group of users who are physically
located together and connected to the same LAN, or
a group of users who are scattered throughout
organization but are logically connected by work and
are connected to the same network group.
Workstation
s
Workstation refers to the intelligent computer on the
user’s desktop. This computer may be an Intel-
based PC, a Macintosh, or a UNIX-
wor
kstation. The workstation is any intelligent
device a user works from.