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Watt
A metric unit of power defined as one Joule per second. The Joule is a unit of energy, so power equates to the rate of energy transfer, or the rate of doing work. Named after James Watt, the developer of the practical steam engine, the watt has become a common term in audio as used to describe the power handling capabilities and/or requirements of speakers, and the power delivery capabilities of amplifiers. Milliwatts (1/1000 of a watt) are often used to describe energy usage in low power electrical circuits.

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Waist

Walking Bass

Walla

Wall Wart

Warez (slang)

Warmth

Waterfall Key

Watermark

Watt

WAV

Wave File

Waveform

Waveform Modulation

Wavefront

Wavelength

Wave Scanning

Wave Sequencing

Waveshell

Waves Shell

Wavetable Synthesis

Wax Cylinder

Wax Potting

WDM

Weber (Wb)

Weighted Action

Weighting

Weighting Filter

Weight Relieved

Wenge

Western Red Cedar

Wet

Wet/Dry/Wet Amp System

Wet/Dry Amp System

Whammy Bar

White Book

White Limba

White Noise

White Spaces

Whizzer Cone

Whole Step

Whoodly

Wi-Fi

Wild Dog

Wild Time Code

Wild track/wild sound

Wildwood Effect

WIMP

Windows

Windows NT

Windows Vista

Windows XP

Wind Screen

Wireless

Wireless Receiver

Wireless Transmitter

Wire Recorder

WMA

Wolf Tone

Wood Filler

Woodshedding

Wood Tip

Woofer

Word

Word Clock

Word Length

Workflow

Workstation

World Wide Web

WORM

Wound String

Wow

Wrap

Wrapover Bridge

Wrapper

Write

Write Head

WriteProtect

WSD

Wurlitzer Electric Piano

     
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