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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9

Windows
A family of PC (Personal Computer) operating systems developed by Microsoft. Before Windows, most PC's were limited to DOS, or a very DOS-like user interface. These old systems did not really have many (if any) graphics and usually required special commands and codes to be typed in order to carry out even simple functions. Not long after the Macintosh arrived on the scene with it's GUI (Graphic User Interface) Microsoft came out with Windows, aptly named because pertinent information is contained in layers of windows that can be opened on the screen (much like the Mac). Windows is by far the most dominant OS used on PC's today, and there are many different versions, including Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows CE, Windows NT, etc.

Wah

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

WIST

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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