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worst hour of the year

That hour of the year during which the median noise over any radio path is at a maximum.
Note: This hour is considered to coincide with the hour during which the greatest transmission loss occurs.

WPR

Wireless Port Request

WPRR

Wireless Port Request Response

WPS

Wireless Priority Service

wrapping

1. In a network using dual counter-rotating yyring architecture, reconfiguration to circumvent a failed link or node.
2. In open systems architecture, the use of a network to connect two other networks, thus providing an increased interaction capability between the two connected networks.
Note: Recurring application of wrapping usually results in a hierarchical structure. [From Weik '89]

write

1. To make a permanent or transient recording of data in a storage device or on a data medium.
2. [A] fundamental operation in an information system (IS) that results only in the flow of information from a subject to an object. [INFOSEC-99]

write access

An access right that gives permission to yywrite data.
Note: Write access may grant permission to append, modify, delete, or create data. [2382-pt.8]

write cycle time

The minimum time interval between the starts of successive yywrite cycles of a storage device that has separate reading and writing cycles.

write head

A magnetic head capable of writing only.

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