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Web browser

A computer program capable of locating and displaying information accessible on the World Wide Web. Workgroups based on an intranet or the World Wide Web need a browser to communicate.

Web server

A server program designed to process requests from other computers that want to display a web site. A web server can also serve as the repository for web sites. The web server must be installed on a computer that has the appropriate hardware and connections for accommodating the web requests that it receives.

Web site

Any document or object on an intranet or the World Wide Web that is formatted in HTML and is accessible from a web browser.

Webmaster

The person who administers an organization’s web server.

Work

The labor required (in terms of minutes, hours, days, or weeks) for one resource unit (namely a person) to complete a task. Work should not be confused with a task’s duration or a resource’s duration on a task. For example, a resource may require 32 hours of work to complete a task, but the task may be scheduled with a duration of 2 days. This indicates that more than one resource needs to be put on this task, namely two. Working 8 hours a day on the task, two people would complete the task in 2 days.

Workgroup

A group of people working on the same project who use a common system of communication for exchanging project information.

Workgroup manager

The individual in the workgroup who is creating and maintaining the project schedule in Microsoft Project and who is using workgroup messages to assign tasks to the workgroup members. The workgroup manager also uses the workgroup features to update tasks in the project file as workgroup members send their replies.

Workgroup members

Those individuals in a workgroup who receive workgroup messages from the workgroup manager. Workgroup members can receive and reply to their messages by either using a 32-bit, MAPI-compliant e-mail system or by using their web browser to log on to the TeamInbox.

Workgroup messages

Messages that the workgroup manager sends using Microsoft Project to workgroup members regarding the tasks of a project. There are three kinds of workgroup messages, all of which the workgroup members are able to reply to:

- TeamAssign, which is used to assign tasks to workgroup members.
- TeamUpdate, which is used to inform workgroup members of changes to tasks in the schedule.
- TeamStatus, which is used to request that workgroup members provide the workgroup manager with the current status of the tasks in question.

Working time

Hours designated in a resource or project calendar during which work can occur.

Working times calendar

A calendar that stores all expected working and nonworking days and hours. This type of calendar is used by Microsoft Project to schedule tasks. There are two types of working times calendars: base calendars and resource calendars. See base calendar, resource calendar.

Workspace

A set of files and settings that you can save and reopen by opening a single workspace file. Workspace files have the .mpw extension. When you create a workspace file, Microsoft Project creates lists of the current settings, open projects, views, and so on. When you open a workspace file, Microsoft Project uses these lists to recreate the workspace so you can resume work where you left off.

World Wide Web

A system for exploring web sites that reside on the Internet. The World Wide Web is the most visible and popular component of the Internet.

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