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W
- W3C
- wait time
- walk mode
- WAN
- war fighting element
- war fighting symbol
- watch file
- waterfall model
- watershed
- wavelength
- wavelet compression
- wayfinding
- waypoint
- WCS
- Web application
- Web application template
- Web browser
- Web control
- Web Feature Server specification
- Web form
- Web map
- Web Map Server specification
- Web page
- Web server
- Web service
- Web service catalog
- Web site
- weed tolerance
- weeding
- weight
- weight filter
- weighted constrained adjustment
- weighted mean center
- weighted moving average
- weighted overlay
- WGS72
- WGS84
- WHERE clause
- widget
- wind rose
- windowing
- wireframe
- wireless application
- wizard
- work order
- workflow
- workgroup geodatabase
- working directory
- workspace
- workstation
- world file
- World Wide Web
- WSDL
- W-test
- WYSIWYG
