WAD
Encyclopedia

File format

  • Doom WAD
    Doom WAD
    Doom WAD format is default format of package files for the video game Doom or its sequel Doom II, that are containing sprites, levels, and game data. WAD stands for Where's All the Data?...

     file, package files for the id Tech 1
    Id Tech 1
    - See also :*List of game engines*First person shooter engine*id Tech*Doom engine*Doom *Quake engine*Quake *List of first-person shooter engines...

     engine
  • Wii WAD
    Wii WAD
    A WAD file is a file archive containing .APP files, which can be extracted and installed on a Wii gaming console. They often contain information for the Wii, such as System Menu, IOS, Channels etc. Although they are mainly used to install custom channels and IOS, they have also been linked to...

     file, a file format used to package Channels for the Nintendo Wii
    Wii
    The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...

  • Quake engine
    Quake engine
    The Quake engine is the game engine that was written to power 1996's Quake, written by id Software. It featured true 3D real-time rendering and is now licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License ....

     texture archive file

Person

  • Wad (surname)
  • William Addison Dwiggins
    William Addison Dwiggins
    William Addison Dwiggins was a U.S. type designer, calligrapher, and book designer...

    , 20th century US type- and graphic designer known by his initials

Material

  • wad
    Wad
    Wad is an old mining term for any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits. Typically closely associated with various iron oxides. Specific mineral varieties include pyrolusite, lithiophorite, nsutite, takanelite and vernadite....

    , any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits
  • wadding
    Wadding
    Wadding is a disc of material used in guns to seal gas behind a projectile or to separate powder from shot.Wadding can be crucial to a gun's efficiency, since any gas that leaks past a projectile as it is being fired is wasted. A harder or more carefully designed item which serves this purpose is...

    , disc of material used in guns to seal gas behind a projectile or to separate powder from shot

Other

  • Ficus benghalensis
    Ficus benghalensis
    Ficus benghalensis, the banyan, is a large and extensive growing tree of the Indian subcontinent. Ficus benghalensis produces propagating roots which grow downwards as aerial roots. Once these roots reach the ground, they grow into woody trunks that can become indistinguishable from the main...

    or wad, also called Bengal fig, Indian fig, East Indian fig, Indian Banyan Banyan, borh
  • Wadh
    Wadh
    Wadh is a town in the Khuzdar District of Balochistan, Pakistan. The population of the town was 48.950 according to the 1998 census. Most of the inhabitants of the sub-district belong to the Mengal tribe...

    , a town in Balochistan
  • Weapons alert designator
  • Wizarat-i Amaniyyat-i Dawlati (Ministry of State Security) the name of the KHAD
    KHAD
    Khadamat-e Etela'at-e Dawlati translates directly to English as: "Government Information Agency". However, this phrase is more correctly translated as Government Intelligence Service...

    , the Afghan secret service, after 1986.
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