Acronyms make the computer world go round. Things like HTML, DHTML, XHTML;
it’s enough to make a grown man cry. Well, look out! There’s a new player in
alphabet-town: "WAP." So what is it and why should you care? WAP stands for
"Wireless Application Protocol" and it allows people to access the Net using
wireless devices like mobile phones and other gadgets.

It’s estimated that by the year 2002 there will be over 800 million wireless
users around the world. Eventually all wireless tools will come equipped with
WAP as standard issue. That’s a lot of possible viewers for your website. The
problem is that wireless net-surfers will not be able to access your HTML-driven
site. Their devices can only read sites built in (get ready for another
acronym!) WML.

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