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|.# Motif Release 1.2.1
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|.# $Header: /u1/rcs/dte/glossary/glossW,v 1.1.2.2 1992/07/15 19:47:59 bowe Exp $
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|.TERM|WAN
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|wide area network
		|.BOOK|OSNetComAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|WarningDialog
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A DialogBox that presents a warning to the user.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|well-known endpoint
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|RPC: A preassigned, stable endpoint that a server
can use every time it runs. Well-known endpoints typically are
assigned by a central authority responsible for a transport 
protocol. An application declares a well-known endpoint either as
an attribute in an RPC interface header or as a variable in the
server application code.
		|.XREF|dynamic endpoint
		|.XREF|endpoint
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|well-known host name
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A conventional name associated with an Intenet Protocol address
on a particular network (for example, \s12\f(HBnameserver\s12\fH and
\s12\f(HBtimeserver\s12\fH).
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|well-known port
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A conventional port assignment used by hosts that support the
same protocols, whether or not the hosts are on the same network.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|while statement
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A C language looping statement that contains the word
\s12\f(HBwhile\s12\fH followed by an expression in parentheses (the
condition) and a statement (the action).
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|white space
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Space characters, tab characters, new-line characters, and
comments.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|wide area network
|.ACR|WAN
	|.DEFIN|1|A network that provides data communication capability in
geographic areas larger than those serviced by local area networks.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSNetComAdminGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|wide band channel
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A communications channel that has a greater bandwidth than a
voice channel; therefore, it is capable of transmitting data at high speeds.
Synonym for \(LI\s12\f(HIbroadband\(LI\s12\fH \s12\f(HIchannel\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|wide character
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The C type definition \fBwchar_t\*O used
to store process codes in a program.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSApplProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|widening
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An expansion of the size of a value (for example,
\s12\f(HBshort\s12\fH to \s12\f(HBint\s12\fH) by padding bits located to the
left of the value with a copy of the sign bit.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|widget
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The technical term for user-interface components.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|An object used to hold data and present an interface
to the user.  A widget is a combination of state and procedure.  Each
widget is a member of a class, which holds the procedures and data
structures common to all widgets of that class.  A widget instance holds
the procedures and data structures particular to that single widget.
Each widget class typically provides the general behavior associated
with a particular kind of interaction with the user.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|MotifProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|wildcard
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|See
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|window
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In curses, the internal representation of what a portion of the
display may look like at some point in time. Windows can be any size, from
the entire display screen to a single character.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A division of a screen in which one of several programs being
executing concurrently can display information.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|In data communications, the number of data packets a DTE or DCE
can send across a logical channel before waiting for authorization to send
another data packet. The window is the main mechanism of pacing, or flow
control, of packets.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|4|In X.25 communications, the number of packets that can be
outstanding without acknowledgement.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|5|In the context of the OSF/1 loader, a temporarily
established mapping for a (possibly) small piece of a file.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSExtGd
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|6|A data structure that represents all or part of the
display screen.  Visually, a window is represented as a subarea of the
display screen.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
		|.BOOK|MotifProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|window decoration
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|The frame and window-control buttons that surround windows
managed by the window manager.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|window decorations
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|The frame and window-control buttons that surround windows
managed by the Motif Window Manager.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|window frame
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|The area surrounding a window.  A window frame can consist of a resize
border, a window Menu button, a title bar, and window-control buttons.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|window geometry
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|The position and size of a window.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|window manager
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A program that controls the size, placement, and
operation of windows on the workspace.  The window manager includes the
functional window frames that surround each window object and may
include a separate Menu for the workspace.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
		|.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
		|.BOOK|MotifProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|window Menu
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|The Menu that appears when the window Menu button is pressed.
The window Menu typically contains selections for restoring, moving, sizing,
minimizing, maximizing, and closing the window.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|Window Menu
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|The Menu that appears when the Window Menu button is pressed.
The Window Menu typically contains selections for restoring, moving, sizing,
minimizing, maximizing, and closing the window.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|window Menu button
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|The graphical control button that appears at the left side of
the title bar in the window frame.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|Window Menu button
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|The graphical control button that appears at the left side of
the title bar in the window frame.  The button posts the Window Menu.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|window navigation
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|Moving the keyboard focus among windows.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|word
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A contiguous series of 32 bits (four bytes) in storage,
addressable as a unit. The address of the first byte of a word is evenly
divisible by four. Synonym for \(LI\s12\f(HIfullword\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|A character string considered as a unit for a given purpose.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|word wrap
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In word processing, a feature that automatically moves text to
the next line if the text does not fit within the margins.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|work file
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A file used for temporary storage of data being processed.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|work record
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A record built by the sort program for later processing.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|working directory
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Synonym for \fBcurrent directory\fP.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|WorkingDialog
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A DialogBox that informs the user that the application
is busy performing a task.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|workspace
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|XDS: A space in which OM objects of certain OM
classes can be created, together with an implementation of the object
management functions that supports those OM classes.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
     |.DEFIN|2|The CRT screen.  The area on which the windows of a user's environment
appear.  The workspace is sometimes called the desk, desktop, or root
window.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|workspace interface
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The interface as realized, for the dispatcher's
benefit, by each workspace individually.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|workstation
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A device that enables users to transmit information to or
receive information from a computer. 
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|wrap around
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The movement of the point of reference in a file from the end of
one line to the beginning of the next, or from one end of a file to the other.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|The automatic disposition of of a printable line of text onto
two or more display lines, necessitated by the horizontal limits of the
display.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|The continuation of an operation from the maximum addressable
location in storage to the first addressable location.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|4|The continuation of register addresses from the highest register
address to the lowest.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|write lock
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A lock that prevents any other process from setting a read lock
or a write lock on any part of the protected area.
		|.XREF|read lock
		|.XREF|lock
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|write-protect notch
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The notch in a diskette that allows the diskette drive to write
on the diskette. When the notch is covered with a write-protect tab, the
diskette is write-protected, meaning that the diskette drive is physically
prohibited from the write operation.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|write verification
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A mode in which the system automatically performs a read
operation after performing a write operation. It then compares the data to
make sure they are the same.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
