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WAP — Wireless Application Protocol.
watch() — Set a watch-point for a named property of an object.
Watchpoint handler — The handler that is connected to a watch point has a special pre-defined API specification.
Wave() — A visual filter for creating ripple effects.
.web — A compiled JavaScript and HTML application for Netscape Enterprise Server.
Web browser — A web browser can be used on a desktop computer, mobile device or TV set-top box to view web pages.
Web scripting — Web browsers provide a host environment for client-side computation.
Web server — An application that delivers web content on request from a browser.
WebTV — An analogue interactive TV set-top box.
Week day — A value between 0 and 6.
Wheel() — Reveals the new image with a rotating wheel effect.
while( ... ) ... — An iterator mechanism - a loop construct.
Whitespace — White space is used to separate tokens from one another.
window — The window object also known as window.window.
Window adornments — Another name for the furniture that surrounds a window.
Window events — Some events within the event-handling complex relate to windows and their behaviors.
Window feature list — The list of available features that a window.open() method can apply.
Window furniture — The various controls and scrollbars on a window border. Sometimes called window adornments or chrome.
Window object — An object representing a window or frame. This object exposes methods, properties, and events associated with it to the script.
Window.alert() — Present an alerting dialog box.
Window.atob() — Decode some base-64 encoded data.
Window.attachEvent() — A means of attaching events to windows and documents.
Window.back() — A method that mimics the user clicking on the back button.
Window.blur() — Send a blur event to the window object.
Window.btoa() — Encode some data into base-64 form.
Window.captureEvents() — Part of the Netscape Navigator event propagation complex.
Window.clearInterval() — Cancel a previous setInterval() timer that caused a function to be called periodically.
Window.clearTimeout() — Clear a previously established timeout function call.
Window.clientInformation — This is another more appropriate name for the navigator object.
Window.clipboardData — An object containing data that represents the contents of the clipboard.
Window.close() — This will close the window.
Window.closed — A property value that is true if the window is closed.
Window.confirm() — Present a confirmation dialog box.
Window.crypto — A reference to a Crypto object for security encoding.
Window.defaultStatus — A property containing the text displayed in the status bar.
Window.detachEvent() — A means of detaching events from windows and documents that were previously attached with the attachEvent() method.
Window.dialogArguments — The arguments passed to a model dialog in a showModalDialog() call.
Window.dialogHeight — The height of a modal or modeless dialog window.
Window.dialogLeft — The left edge of a modal or modeless dialog window.
Window.dialogTop — The top edge of a modal or modeless dialog window.
Window.dialogWidth — The width of a modal or modeless dialog window.
Window.disableExternalCapture() — Part of the Netscape Navigator 4 event propagation complex.
Window.document — A reference to the document object that is contained in the window.
Window.enableExternalCapture() — Part of the Netscape Navigator 4 event propagation complex.
Window.event — During event handling, MSIE stores a reference to an event object in this variable.
Window.execScript() — Execute a script on behalf of a window.
Window.external — Reference to an external object outside of the interpreter.
Window.find() — This duplicates the behavior of the FIND button on the Netscape Navigator button bar.
Window.focus() — Send a focus event to the window object.
Window.forward() — Mimics the effect of the user clicking on the FORWARD button.
Window.frame — This is another name for self and window.
Window.frameRate — An indication of the frame rate for the current display.
Window.frames[] — An array containing window objects, each one referring to the content of a frame within the window.
Window.handleEvent() — Pass an event to the appropriate handler for the window.
Window.history — This property returns a history object for this window.
Window.home() — This duplicates the behavior of the HOME button on the Netscape Navigator button bar.
Window.innerHeight — The height of the window inside the frame.
Window.innerWidth — The width of the window inside the frame.
Window.java — A reference to the Java package object that is the root of the 'java.*' packages tree.
Window.length — The number of frames in the window.
Window.location — A reference to the location object that represents the URL of the current window content.
Window.locationbar — A reference to an object that represents the location bar.
Window.menubar — A reference to an object that represents the menu bar.
Window.moveBy() — Move the window by a specified distance.
Window.moveTo() — Move the window to a specific location.
Window.name — The name of the window either from the <FRAME> tag, the Window.open() method call or an assignment to this property.
Window.navigate() — Load a new URL into the window.
Window.navigator — A reference to a navigator object that describes the browser.
Window.netscape — A reference to the Java package object that is the root of the 'netscape.*' Packages tree.
Window.offscreenBuffering — A property that controls off-screen buffering effects.
Window.onblur — This is called when the window loses input focus.
Window.ondragdrop — This event handler is called when an object is dropped into the browser window.
Window.onerror — A reference to an error event handler for this window object.
Window.onfocus — This event handler is called when a window gains the input focus.
Window.onload — A reference to a loading completed event handler for this window object.
Window.onmove — This event handler is called when a window is moved.
Window.onresize — A reference to a resized window event handler for this window object.
Window.onunload — This event handler is called when a document is cleared from a window.
Window.open() — A means of creating new windows under script control.
Window.opener — A reference to the window that contained the link that opened this one.
Window.outerHeight — The height of the window including the frame.
Window.outerWidth — The width of the window including the frame.
Window.Packages — A top level JavaPackage object that is the root of a tree of Java packages.
Window.pageXOffset — The amount that a window has been scrolled to the right.
Window.pageYOffset — The amount that a window has been scrolled downwards.
Window.parent — A reference to the parent window in a framed pane.
Window.personalbar — A reference to an object that represents the personal preferences bar.
Window.pkcs11 — A hitherto undocumented property of a Netscape Navigator Window object.
Window.print() — This duplicates the behavior of the Print button on the Netscape Navigator or MSIE button bar.
Window.prompt() — Present a text input prompt box.
Window.releaseEvents() — Part of the Netscape Navigator 4 event propagation complex.
Window.resizeBy() — Resize the window by a specified amount.
Window.resizeTo() — Resize the window to specified dimensions.
Window.returnValue — The return value for a modal dialog window.
Window.routeEvent() — Part of the Netscape Navigator 4 event propagation complex.
Window.screen — A reference to a screen object that the window is being displayed in.
Window.screenLeft — The left edge of the screen.
Window.screenTop — The top edge of the screen.
Window.screenX — The X coordinate of the window within the screen display.
Window.screenY — The Y coordinate of the window within the screen display.
Window.scroll() — This is equivalent to the scrollTo() method but has been retained for backwards compatibility.
Window.scrollbars — A reference to an object that represents the scroll bar.
Window.scrollBy() — Scroll the document in the window by a specific amount.
Window.scrollTo() — Scroll the document in the window to a specific location.
Window.secure — A flag indicating that a window was loaded from a secure source.
Window.self — A reference to the window itself.
Window.setHotkeys() — Activate or deactivate keyboard shortcuts for this window.
Window.setInterval() — Schedule a function to be executed at regular intervals.
Window.setResizable() — Enable or inhibit the window resize capability.
Window.setTimeout() — A timeout control method.
Window.setZOptions() — Define the window stacking behavior.
Window.showHelp() — Display the help window.
Window.showModalDialog() — Display a modal dialog.
Window.showModelessDialog() — Display a modeless dialog window.
Window.sidebar — A reference to an object that represents the sidebar frame in Netscape 6.0.
Window.status — A property containing the text displayed in the status bar.
Window.statusbar — A reference to an object that represents the status bar.
Window.stop() — This duplicates the behavior of the Stop button on the Netscape Navigator button bar.
Window.sun — A reference to the Java package object that is the root of the 'sun.*' Packages tree.
Window.toolbar — A reference to an object that represents the tool bar.
Window.top — The topmost window in a framed hierarchy.
Window.window — Another name for the self property.
Windows Script Host — A scripting environment available on the Windows platform.
with ... — Adds an object to the front of the scope chain for use in the following block of script code.
WML — Wireless Mark-up Language.
WScript — Otherwise known as WMLScript or WAP Script - a variation of JavaScript for use in mobile devices.
WScript object — An object that represents the object model of the WSH framework.
WScript.Application — Access to the IDispatch interface for the object.
WScript.Arguments — This returns a collection of argument items.
WScript.CreateObject() — Creates an instance of an automation object.
WScript.DisconnectObject() — Discards an object.
WScript.Echo() — Echoes some output to the caller via standard output.
WScript.FullName — The full path and name for the file being executed.
WScript.GetObject() — Access an already existing object rather than creating a new one.
WScript.Name — A human readable name for the script.
WScript.Network — A reference to a network management object.
WScript.Path — The path to the activating WSH executive.
WScript.Quit() — Terminates the script and returns an error code.
WScript.ScriptFullName — The full path and script name.
WScript.ScriptName — A string containing the name of the script.
WScript.Sleep() — Suspend the script execution for a while.
WScript.StdErr — A write-only stream used for output.
WScript.StdIn — A read-only stream used for input.
WScript.StdOut — A write-only stream used for output.
WScript.Version — A string containing the WSH version number.
WSH — The object model used in Windows Script Host.
WSH — Windows Script Host.
wysiwyg: — Special URL method to handle page content when resized in Netscape Navigator.
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