walk-through -

      A type of animated presentation that simulates a walking tour of a three-dimensional scene.
    walk-up-and-use interface -
      An interface that the target audience should be able to use without having to read manuals or instructions, even if they have never seen the interface.
    waveform -
      (1) A graphic representation of the shape of a wave that indicates its characteristics (such as frequency and amplitude). (2) A digital method of storing and manipulating audio data.
    wide shot -
      Synonym for long shot.
    wild footage -
      Synonym for original footage.
    window -
      An area of the screen with visible boundaries within which information is displayed. A window can be smaller than or the same size as the screen. Windows can appear to overlap on the screen.
    window coordinates -
      The size and location of a window.
    wipe -
      Technical effect of fading away one screen to reveal another.
    workplace -
      A container that fills the entire screen and holds all of the objects that make up the user interface.
    write once/read many (WORM) -
      Describes an optical disc that once written to, cannot be overwritten. Storage capacity ranges from 400MB to 3.2GB. Present technology allows only one side to be read at a time; to access the other side, the disk must be turned over.
    WS -
      Script abbreviation for wide shot.
    WYSIWYG -
      What You See Is What You Get. The appearance of the object is in actual form. For example, a document that looks the same on a display screen as it does when it is printed. Composed views of objects are often WYSIWYG.


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