WILEY ELECTRICAL AND
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`ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
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`DICTIONARY
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`Steven M. Kaplan
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`wire center
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`wireless cable
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`gold. 2. The joining of two wires or ca­
`usually high-purity
`wire tap Same as wiretap.
`bles without soldering.
`Same as wiretapping.
`wire-tapping
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`wire center A structure which houses one or more central
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`Telegraphy using connected wires, as op­
`wire telegraphy
`offices.
`posed to radio waves, for transmission.
`A mode of transmission and/or recep­
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`wire communications
`Telephony using connected wires, as opposed
`wire telephony
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`tion of infonnation, such as voice, video, data, or control
`to a radio link.
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`signals, in which there are connecting wires or cables, as
`Same as wirewound
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`wire-wound resistor
`resistor.
`opposed to wireless
`communications.
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`wire wrap The connection of a wire by wrapping several
`wire control Remote control which utilizes connecting wires
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`turns around a post, lug, pin, or terminal. This may be done
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`or cables, as opposed to the use of radio, infrared, or acous­
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`by hand, or with a specialized tool. Also called wire-wrap
`tic waves. Also called wire remote control.
`connection.
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`wire drawing In wire manufacturing, the pulling of a metal
`Same as wire wrap.
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`wire-wrap connection
`through one or more dies to reduce its diameter to the de­
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`tool A tool specifically designed to make
`wire-wrapping
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`sired value. Also spelled wiredrawing. Also called draw­
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`wire-wrap connections.
`ing.
`Same as wire drawing.
`wiredrawing
`wire duct A pipe, tube, or channel through which wires are
`run.
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`model A model illustrated using wireframe
`wireframe
`mod­
`Also spelled wire frame model.
`eling.
`wire frame model Same as wireframe
`model.
`modeling Modeling, such as that utilized in CAD,
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`wireframe
`Same as wireframe
`wire frame modeling
`modeling.
`in which 3D images or objects have the edges of each sur­
`wire fuse A fuse, such as a link fuse, in which the melting
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`face are represented by lines, as if the model were fashioned
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`conductor is a wire. This contrasts, for instance, with a strip
`using strands of wire. Also spelled wire frame
`modeling.
`fuse.
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`I. A mode of transmission and/or reception of infor­
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`wireless
`wire fusing current The level of current at which a given
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`mation, such as voice, video, data, or control signals, in
`wire will melt. Also called fusing current.
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`which there are no connecting wires. Instead, communica­
`wire gage Same as wire gauge.
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`tion is achieved by means of electromagnetic waves, such as
`wire gauge Also spelled wire gage. I. A scale or standard,
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`radio-frequency waves or infrared waves, or via acoustic
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`such as Birmingham Wire Gauge, utilized for determining
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`waves. There are many examples, including wireless tele­
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`the diameter of wires. Also, a measurement expressed in
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`phones, wireless keyboards, and wireless networks. A Iso
`such terms. For example, a 14-gauge wire. It is common
`called wireless
`or wireless
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`communications, telecommu­
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`for such scales or standards to also be utilized for determin­
`2. A device, component,
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`piece of equipment, or
`nications.
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`ing thicknesses and diameters of tubing, sheets, rods, and the
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`system which communicates in a wireless (1) manner.
`like. 2. A device or instrument
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`utilized to determine the
`A protocol for wireless com­
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`wireless application protocol
`gauge of a given wire. It is common for such a device or in­
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`munications that enables wireless devices, such as properly
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`strument to also be able to be used to determine thicknesses
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`equipped digital cellular telephones or PDAs, to access con­
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`and diameters of tubing, sheets, rods, and the like.
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`tent from Internet, for uses such as retrieval of email,
`wire harness A bundle of wires which is tied or otherwise
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`ecommerce, or researching via search engines. The Web
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`attached together so as to be handled, installed, or removed
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`pages displayed are usually stripped of complex graphics.
`as a unit.
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`Its abbreviation is W AP.
`wire leads Leads that consist of wires, as opposed, for in­
`gateway Software which per­
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`wireless application protocol
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`stance, to strips, posts, or bars.
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`fornls the protocol conversions necessary to enable wireless
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`wire line A transmission line utilized for wire communica­
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`devices, such as properly equipped digital cellular tele­
`tions. Also called wire link.
`phones or PDAs, to connect to another network, such as the
`wire link Same as wire line.
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`Internet, which utilizes different protocols. Its abbreviation
`is W AP gateway.
`Telemetry in which signals are sent via
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`wire-link telemetry
`wires and/or cables, as opposed to being sent over radio.
`portal A Web portal which is
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`wireless application protocol
`Also called hard-wire
`telemetry.
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`accessed by wireless users and which tailors to their specific
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`browsing needs, such as transmitting in a manner which
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`wire pair A transmission line consisting of two similar con­
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`minimizes the occupied bandwidth, and reducing the need
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`ductors. For example, a two-wire circuit, or a two-wire
`line. Also called pair (3).
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`for keyboard -input. Its abbreviation is WAP portal. Also
`telephone
`called wireless portal.
`wire rate Same as wire speed.
`bridge A device which serves to connect network
`wireless
`An obsolete magnetic recording system in
`wire recording
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`nodes via radio-frequency waves, such as microwaves or in­
`which audio or data is recorded upon a thin wire.
`frared waves.
`Same as wire control.
`wire remote control
`broadband Broadband communications in which
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`wireless
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`wire speed In communications, the rate at which the hard­
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`there are no connecting wires. Instead, communication is
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`ware, such as switches and routers, and physical mediums,
`achieved by means of RF waves, such as microwaves waves
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`such as wires and cables, can transfer data across. a network.
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`or infrared waves. Also called wireless
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`broadband com­
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`When software, such as that performing encryption and de­
`or broadband
`munications,
`wireless.
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`cryption, works at the same rate as the hardware and physi­
`Same as wireless
`cal mediums, it is said to run at wire speed. Also called
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`wireless broadband communications
`wire rate.
`broadband.
`wire splice The joining of two wires, usually by twisting their
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`A broadband network which
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`wireless broadband network
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`ends together, with or without soldering. Also, the act of so
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`provides high-speed communications, including data, voice,
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`joining, and the place where such a joint occurs.
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`video, TV, Internet, videoconferencing, and so on, without
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`connecting wires. Its abbreviation is WBN.
`A usually hand-held tool which cuts and re­
`wire stripper
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`moves the insulation of a wire without harming the inner
`cable Broadband cable TV, such as a Multichannel
`wireless
`conductors.
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`Multipoint Distribution Service, which does not utilize con-
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