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WAN - Wide Area Network (an expansive, interconnected computer network that spans multiple cities and geographic areas across a telecommunications system involving public and private digital pathways)
WC - workers' compensation (form of insurance covering workers who are injured on the job)
WEDI - Workgroup on Electronic Data Interchange (organization formed in 1992 to promote the use of electronic data interchange in health care)
WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy (early form of wireless encryption protocol which provided some security protection, but also had a number of security flaws)
WHO - World Health Organization (international health body created in April 1948 which provides studies on world health and coordinates national efforts to promote health and eradicate disease)
WMS - Workflow Management System (system used to monitor and manage workflow for improved efficiency through interaction between software, information technologies, telecommunications, and human resources by reducing manual processes)
WORM - write once, read many (data storage media which allows data to be written only once, but prevents overwriting of the initial writing, while allowing multiple read access)
worm - (a form of malware, with a self-contained program giving it the ability to replicate itself to other programs without user intervention or interaction)
WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access (wireless security protocol and security certification program developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to secure wireless computer networks)