Korean slang profile
WAP
wap
Wireless application protocol
An abbreviation for a communication protocol enabling wireless devices such as mobile phones to use internet content.
- Expanded form
- Wireless Application ProtocolWireless Application Protocol
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2008
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
옛 휴대전화의 인터넷 기능을 설명하며 WAP라는 용어가 나왔다.
WAP came up in an explanation of an old mobile phone’s internet functions.
02Documented history
- 2008The usage context and meaning of “WAP” can be found in 2008 국가정보화백서 (한국정보사회진흥원).[1]
03Origin & word formation
A shortened or abbreviated form of “Wireless Application Protocol”. The domestic wireless-internet context and English expanded form were checked in the 2008 『국가정보화백서』; the functional definition was directly checked in section 6.11 on page 139 of the September 2008 ETSI specification. Its use and explanation in these sources were checked; the actual first namer and date of coinage have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The domestic wireless-internet context and English expanded form were checked in the 2008 『국가정보화백서』; the functional definition was directly checked in section 6.11 on page 139 of the September 2008 ETSI specification.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2008 국가정보화백서 (한국정보사회진흥원)Published 2008Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
- ETSI TS 102 250-2 V1.6.2 (2008-09) (ETSI)Published Sep 2008Original source checked Nov 14, 2026