Software Development Terms Beginning with W
Web address
A web address is a website’s specific location on the web.
Web API
Web APIs connect a caller to the resource and services of a web-based system.
Web Host
A web host is an organization that owns servers and rents spaces to people who need to host their web documents.
Web Storage
Web storage is the JavaScript API browsers provide for storing data locally and securely within a user’s browser.
Webpage
A web page is a single code file configured by an editor to interconnect with other documents on the World Wide Web (WWW).
Website
A website is a set (or collection) of web pages configured by an editor to interconnect with other documents on the World Wide Web (WWW).
while
Loop Statement in JavaScript
A while loop instructs the computer that while a specified condition is true, it should execute the while
loop’s code block repeatedly.
Wildcard (RegExp)
Regular expression’s wildcard operator (.
) specifies that you wish to find any character that is not the newline or any other line terminator characters.
Word Boundary (RegExp)
Regular expression’s word boundary operator (\b
) asserts that you wish to find the RegExp pattern at a word’s starting (or ending) boundary.
World Wide Web
World Wide Web (WWW) is the global connection between servers’ webpages.
Working Directory
A working directory is a local folder you create to store all your project’s files.
As such, any folder you create anywhere on a system is a working directory.
Workstation
A workstation is a powerful computer (or laptop) used for technical and engineering works like software development, computer-aided designs (CAD), and other graphics-intensive projects.