wap

wap

[wop, wap] verb (used with object), verb (used without object), wapped, wap·ping, noun
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WAP

wireless application protocol: a protocol for transferring documents, especially Web pages, over a computer network to cellular phones and other hand-held wireless devices.

Origin:
1995–2000

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World English Dictionary
WAP (wæp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n acronym for
Wireless Application Protocol: a global application that enables mobile phone users to access the internet and other information services

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Word Origin & History

wap
"a hit, a blow," c.1400, probably of imitative origin. The verb (late 14c.) originally meant "to throw quickly or with violence," and in slang c.1560-1730 it meant "to copulate" (usually used in ref. to women).
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Computing Dictionary

WAP definition


Wireless Application Protocol

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
WAP
wireless application protocol
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