September 25, 1998

Jargon Monitor No. 18

"WACA" -- Wireless Access Computing Area (pronounced "wa-ca"). An area of a campus equipped with transmitters and receivers that allow people to connect computers to the campus network using wireless technology.

Pedro Navarro, director of academic computing services at Delaware County Community College, says his college recently set up a WACA in the main academic building. He notes that technicians had to

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