WAP
Encyclopedia
Computing
- Wireless access pointWireless access pointIn computer networking, a wireless access point is a device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or related standards...
- device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network - Wireless Application ProtocolWireless Application ProtocolWireless Application Protocol is a technical standard for accessing information over a mobile wireless network.A WAP browser is a web browser for mobile devices such as mobile phones that uses the protocol.Before the introduction of WAP, mobile service providers had limited opportunities to offer...
- technical standard for accessing information over a mobile wireless network
Medicine and Chemistry
- Wandering Atrial PacemakerWandering pacemakerIn cardiology, a wandering pacemaker is an atrial arrhythmia that occurs when the natural cardiac pacemaker site shifts between the SA node, the atria, and/or the AV node...
- atrial arrhythmia that occurs when the natural cardiac pacemaker site shifts between the SA node, the atria, and/or the AV node - Whey Acidic ProteinWhey Acidic ProteinWhey Acidic Protein is the major milk protein in certain mammals. It has been found in two monotremes, three marsupials, rodents, rabbits, pigs and camel. Despite extensive studies it has not been found in ruminants and humans....
- major milk protein in certain mammals
Organizations and Movements
- Western Australian PartyWestern Australian PartyThe Western Australian Party was a short-lived Australian political party that operated in 1906. It was intended as a liberal party to protect the rights of Western Australians and to oppose the increasingly successful Labour Party, and drew its supporters from the Protectionist Party and the...
- short-lived Australian political party that operated in 1906 - White Australia policyWhite Australia policyThe White Australia policy comprises various historical policies that intentionally restricted "non-white" immigration to Australia. From origins at Federation in 1901, the polices were progressively dismantled between 1949-1973....
- comprises various historical policies that intentionally restricted "non-white" immigration to Australia from 1901 to 1973 - Wildrose Alliance Party of AlbertaWildrose Alliance Party of AlbertaThe Wildrose Party, formerly Wildrose Alliance Party, is a conservative provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. It includes free market conservative, libertarian and socially conservative factions and was formed in 2008 following a merger of the Wildrose Party of Alberta and the Alberta...
- formerly the Wildrose Alliance Party, is a conservative provincial political party in Alberta, Canada - Women Against PornographyWomen Against PornographyWomen Against Pornography was a radical feminist activist group based out of New York City and an influential force in the anti-pornography movement of the late 1970s and the 1980s....
- radical feminist activist group based out of New York City and an influential force in the anti-pornography movement of the late 1970s and the 1980s - World Association of Psychoanalysis, discussed at Jacques-Alain MillerJacques-Alain MillerJacques-Alain Miller is a French academic. He is a Lacanian psychoanalyst.-Life and career:As a student at the École Normale Supérieure, he met his future father-in-law Jacques Lacan in 1964 while attending his seminars at the rue d'Ulm...
- WriteAPrisoner.comWriteaprisoner.comWriteAPrisoner.com is an online Florida, based business whose stated goal is to reduce recidivism through a variety of methods that include: 1) positive correspondence with pen-pals on the outside, 2) educational opportunities, 3) job placement avenues, 4) comprehensive resource guides on a...
- online Florida (USA) based business whose stated goal is to reduce recidivism
Physics and Energy
- Weak Anthropic Principle, discussed at Anthropic principleAnthropic principleIn astrophysics and cosmology, the anthropic principle is the philosophical argument that observations of the physical Universe must be compatible with the conscious life that observes it. Some proponents of the argument reason that it explains why the Universe has the age and the fundamental...
- Weatherization Assistance Program, discussed in the Weatherization article
Others
WAP may also refer to:- Indian locomotive classes WAP-5Indian locomotive class WAP-5WAP 5 is the name of a class of electric locomotive used by Indian Railways. The first 10 locomotives were imported from ABB in Switzerland in 1995. They are supposed to be a variant of the Lok 2000. Chittaranjan Locomotive Works started production in 2000. It was designed to haul 18 coach...
, or WAP-7Indian locomotive class WAP-7WAP 7 is a high speed locomotive indigenously developed by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works. It is capable of hauling trains at speeds ranging between 140 and 160 km per hour and is now largely used by Northern Railways , South Central Railways , South Western Railway and Southern Railways .-... - WAP Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH, Borchen, Germany
- Wapanese
- West African Percussions: traditional musics from the West African nations and surrounding based on polyrythms with percussions.