World Wide Wait

World Wide Wait definition - computer

What many have called the Web while waiting patiently for the next page to download. The World Wide Wait is caused by any combination of a slow modem, overloaded Web server at the site you are accessing or any clog in one of the routers or switches at a national, regional or local ISP. See ISP and Wild Wooly Web.



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