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What many have called the Web while waiting patiently for the next page to download. The World Wide Wait is caused by any combination of a slow modem, overloaded Web server at the site you are accessing or any clog in one of the routers or switches at a national, regional or local ISP. See ISP and Wild Wooly Web. |
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The real key to this X-Internet concept, he emphasized, "is to eliminate the world wide wait. The challenge that online service faces is the so-called bandwidth problem: Stuffing huge chunks of data through conventional phone lines without suffering interminable delays, which is why the World Wide Web is often called the world wide wait. 8 Kbps (kilobits per second) Internet connection, WWW can take on a whole new meaning: World Wide Wait. |
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