of Defense 70, 99, 385

      of Homeland Security 28

      of Justice 85

      of State 360

         Web site 227

   District Court for Minnesota 61

   early 168

   eastern 294

   Embassy 227

   Federal Aviation Agency 164

   Federal Regulations 164

   Government 355, 373

      Pentagon 388

      Visa Waiver Program 31

   and Mexico 318

   northwest 94

   Postal Service 296

   Social Security System 161-2, 305, 387

   Supreme Court 61, 101, 295

Univac 51, 63

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 374

Universal Resource Locator (URL) 191, 195, 208

Universal Serial Bus (USB) 174, 178, 230

UNIX 264-5, 277-8

URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) 207-8

URL, see Universal Resource Locator

Users 26, 61-2, 67, 99, 172, 175-9, 181-2, 191, 193, 195, 204, 228, 243, 246, 264, 266-7, 279, 302, 320-1, 365, 393, 397

V

Vacuum 61

   tubes 61-4

Validation 161, 254, 332

Validity 3, 160, 164, 181, 233, 240, 261, 284, 323

Value 8, 35, 46, 48, 56-7, 87, 95, 115, 118, 132, 136, 149, 156, 162, 192-3, 198-201, 205-6, 214, 221, 229, 244, 276, 312, 325, 330

Van Gennep, Arnold 399

Variability 81, 135, 159, 388-90

Vault 220-1, 231-2, 244

Vedic faith system 7, 341

Vegetation 78, 82

Vendor 28, 31, 58, 99, 174, 265, 373, 395

Venture 40, 284-5

Verification 102, 161, 240, 313, 372 see also Authentication

Verisign 351-2

Vertebrae 112, 121

Vertebrate species 120-1, 252-4

Vertebrates 60, 112, 121, 141, 253-4, 255, 257, 269, 333, 383

   non-mammalian 256

Vibrations 125

   acoustic 260

Village Voice 378

Visa 28-9, 177

VisiCalc 65

Vocabulary 32, 127-8, 162, 304, 314, 369

   expanded 304

   restricted 128

Vocal cords 128

Voice 3, 36, 67, 103, 105-6, 134, 166, 168, 175-6, 179, 181, 347, 357

Voice-over-IP (VoIP) 179

VoIP (Voice-over-IP) 179

von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang 249

von Neumann, John 34, 130-1, 133

Vonage 179

W

Walker, John 118

War 8, 13, 15, 94, 99, 224, 295-6, 300, 314, 324, 386

Warhol, Andy 56

Washington, D.C. 223

Water 42, 55, 62, 76-80, 82, 87, 92, 104-5, 117, 119, 145, 147-9, 222-3, 271, 318-9, 400

Watson, James 42, 130

Wealth 16, 110, 181, 218, 255, 294

Web (see also World Wide Web) 27, 143, 178, 182, 184, 187, 195-9, 201, 207, 210, 240-2, 244-5, 281, 300-3, 318, 325, 329, 355-6, 361-3, 368-9, 373, 382, 404

   browser 175, 179, 181, 193, 195, 367-8, 373

   pages 191, 194-5, 199, 281

   portals 190, 194, 302

   server 195, 367

   services 195, 302

   site 163, 181, 193, 208

      eBay.com 194

      large volume 193

   transactions 303

West coast 294, 296

Western Cape Province 402

Western Church 10, 12

Western Democracy 12, 15

Wetlands 77