What does WAP mean?

WAP generally refers to the acronym of English wireless application protocol, that is, wireless application communication protocol, which is a global network communication protocol. It makes the mobile Internet have a common standard, and its goal is to introduce the rich information and advanced services of the Internet into wireless terminals such as mobile phones.

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Application of WAP

At present, the application scope of WAP mainly involves three aspects (public service, personal information service and commercial application).

Public service: it can provide users with the latest weather, news, sports, entertainment, transportation and stock information in real time.

Personal information service: including browsing the web to find information, searching for addresses and numbers, sending and receiving emails and faxes, among which email may be one of the most attractive applications.

Business applications: In addition to mobile office applications, I am afraid that mobile commerce is the most important and potential application, as well as stock trading, banking, online shopping, air tickets and hotel reservations, product ordering and so on. It may be the first application of mobile commerce.

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