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Wireless Application Protocol
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technical standard for accessing information over a mobile wireless network
Key facts
- Merged into
- Open Mobile Alliance
- Legal status
- Defunct
- Website
- wapforum.org at the Wayback Machine (archived 2000-07-06)
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Travel news content shown on the WAP browser on a Nokia 3650 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is an obsolete technical standard for accessing information over a mobile cellular network. Introduced in 1999, WAP allowed users with compatible mobile devices to browse content such as news, weather and sports scores provided by mobile network operators, specially designed for the limited capabilities of a mobile device. The Japanese i-mode system offered a competing wireless data standard.
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Open Mobile Alliance
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HTTP
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SoftBank Group
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mobile application development
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United States
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Internet
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law
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HTML
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mobile phone
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software
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International Standard Book Number
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Q2005
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World Wide Web
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Android
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web browser
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smartphone
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Cascading Style Sheets
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iPhone
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Wayback Machine
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Bluetooth
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