Wal

plural Wals

1. A male given name.
   1. A diminutive of the male given name Wally.
   2. A diminutive of the male given name Wallace.
   3. A diminutive of the male given name Walter.

1. abbreviationhobbiesAbbreviation of Wales.

plural WALs

1. abbreviationacronymuncountablecomputingAcronym of write-ahead logging.
2. abbreviationacronymcountablecomputingAcronym of write-ahead log.

   In HBase, logs are appended to the WAL before any edit operations (put and increment) are persisted to disk.

   2012, Eric Redmond, Jim Wilson, edited by Jacquelyn Carter, Seven Databases in Seven Weeks, Pragmatic Bookshelf, →ISBN