WAN

Wide Area Network.

warm restart

See restart.

WMA

Windows Media Audio data compression file format and codec developed by Microsoft.

work group

A collection of associated users who exist in near proximity to one another. A set of Sun Ray Clients that are connected to a Sun Ray server provides computing services to a work group.

Windows connector

A Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client that enables Sun Ray users to access applications running on remote Microsoft Windows systems. Previous to the Sun Ray Software 5.2 release, the Windows connector was known as Sun Ray Connector for Windows OS or SRWC, and it had to be separately installed. In this release, the Windows connector is automatically installed as part of the Sun Ray Software product.

Windows system

A generic term used throughout the Sun Ray Software documentation to indicate a remote desktop server running the Windows OS that can be accessed remotely from a Sun Ray Client using the Windows connector. See Windows Terminal Service for the different ways a remote desktop is provided based on the Windows OS.

Windows Terminal Service

A Microsoft Windows component that makes Windows applications and desktops accessible to remote users and clients. Depending on the Windows release, this feature may be called Terminal Services, Remote Desktop Services, or Remote Desktop Connection.