| WAF | Web Application Firewall | Protects your website from attacks. | Security | Sits between the user and the server, blocking suspicious requests. | |
| WAN | Wide Area Network | A wide area network covering large territories. | Network & Infrastructure | The internet is an example of a WAN. | LAN |
| WBS | Work Breakdown Structure | A hierarchical work breakdown structure for a project. | Management & Processes | Breaking down a project into manageable parts. | |
| WFS | Web Feature Service | A standard for retrieving and editing geospatial data. | Data | Works with vector data. | |
| WKB | Well-Known Binary | A binary format for storing geospatial data. | Data | Compact and fast. | |
| WKT | Well-Known Text | A text format for describing geospatial data. | Data | Human-readable. | |
| WMS | Web Map Service | A standard for retrieving maps as images. | Data | Serves static pictures. | |
| WMTS | Web Map Tile Service | A standard for retrieving map tiles. | Data | Serves the map in pieces. | WMS |
| WPS | Web Processing Service | A standard for performing geospatial processing. | Data | Runs calculations on a remote server. | |