NWAM

1. Alternatively referred to as NWPM, which is short for Net Words Per Minute, NWAM is short for Net Words A Minute and is the Gross Words A Minute (GWAM) minus any errors.

For example, if you typed 400 words in five minutes; divide 400 into 5 to get 80 GWAM. If you had errors while typing it is the number of errors divided by the time you typed. If you made 10 errors your error rate is 2 errors a minute (10 / 5 = 2). To get the final value subtract 2 from 80 to get a 78 NWAM.

Note: The equations used to calculate the NWAM may vary.