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WLAN - wireless local area network. A series of interconnected computers that communicate with each other over the air waves using access points or wireless routers to provide Internet access. write-protected - Files or media that cannot be changed. Use write-protection when you want to protect data from being changed or destroyed. To write-protect a 3.5-inch floppy disk, slide its write-protect tab to the open position. WPAN - wireless personal area network. A computer network used for communication among computer devices (including telephones and personal digital assistants) close to one person. WWAN - wireless wide area network. A wireless high-speed data network using cellular technology and covering a much larger geographic area than WLAN. Also know as Mobile Broadband network. WXGA - wide-aspect extended graphics array - A video standard for video cards and controllers that supports resolutions up to 1280 x 800. X XGA - extended graphics array - A video standard for video cards and controllers that supports resolutions up to 1024 x 768. Z ZIF - zero insertion force - A type of socket or connector that allows a computer chip to be installed or removed with no stress applied to either the chip or its socket. Zip - A popular data compression format. Files that have been compressed with the Zip format are called Zip files and usually have a filename extension of .zip. A special kind of zipped file is a self-extracting file, which has a filename extension of .exe. You can unzip a self-extracting file by double-clicking it. Zip drive - A high-capacity floppy drive developed by Iomega Corporation that uses 3.5-inch removable disks called Zip disks. Zip disks are slightly larger than regular floppy disks, about twice as thick, and hold up to 100 MB of data. Glossary 211