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WAP

WAP was a family of protocols and technologies for accessing services from phones with limited capabilities. Its different stages used various resources, including WML and, in later versions, technologies related to XHTML

What it means, how it is used and where it comes up, with its related concepts.

What it is and how it works

It is retained as a historical reference for mobile access. WapMail is included here as an application: checking email through pages adapted to those devices. Today's mobile web operates in a different environment of capabilities, although it still needs to organise content for constrained conditions of use.

Also known as

Wireless Application Protocol

Related concepts

WAP: what it is and how it works · Zorraquino