User's Manual

Glossary
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WEEE Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment. The purpose of Directive
2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is,
as a first priority, the prevention of waste electrical and electronic
equipment (WEEE), and in addition, the reuse, recycling and other
forms of recovery of such wastes so as to reduce the disposal of waste.
It also seeks to improve the environmental performance of all operators
involved in the life cycle of electrical and electronic equipment, e.g.
producers, distributors and consumers and in particular those
operators directly involved in the treatment of waste electrical and
electronic equipment.
WL (or W/L) Wireless LAN
WIMAX The name commonly given to the IEEE 802.16 standard.
Specifications for fixed broadband wireless metropolitan access
networks (MANs) that use a point-to-multipoint architecture. WIMAX
supports very high bit rates in both uploading to and downloading
from a base station up to a distance of 30 miles.