Cow Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus ''Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult ma ...

is a colloquial term for cattle, and the name of female cattle. Cow, cows or COW may also refer to:

Science and technology

* Cow, an adult female of several animals *

AT2018cow SN 2018cow (ATLAS name: ATLAS18qqn; also known as Supernova 2018cow, AT 2018cow (AT = Astronomical Transient), and "The Cow") was a very powerful astronomical explosion, 10–100 times brighter than a normal supernova, spatially coincident with ...

, a large astronomical explosion also known as "The Cow" *

Distillation cow Distillation, or classical distillation, is the process of separating the components or substances from a liquid mixture by using selective boiling and condensation, usually inside an apparatus known as a still. Dry distillation is the heat ...

, a piece of glassware that allows fractions to be collected without breaking vacuum *

Cell on wheels Mobile cell sites are infrastructures transportable on trucks, allowing fast and easy installation in restricted spaces. Their use is strategic for the rapid expansion of cellular networks putting into service point-to-point radio connections as ...

, a means of providing temporary mobile phone network coverage * Copy-on-write, in computing

Literature

* '' Al-Baqara'', the second and longest ''sura'' of the Qur'an, usually translated as "The Cow" * ''Cows'', a 1998 novel by

Matthew Stokoe Matthew Stokoe (born in 1963) is a British writer and screenwriter. Biography Stokoe was born in England, graduated from University of East London where he studied economics, and has lived in Australia, New Zealand, and the US (Santa Monica, CA) ...

* ''Cow'', the English translation of Beat Sterchi's novel ''Blösch'' * "Cows!", a children's story from the '' Railway Series'' book ''Edward the Blue Engine'' by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry * "Cows", a poem from The Wiggles' album '' Big Red Car''

Film and television

* ''The Cow'' (1969 film), an Iranian film * ''The Cow'' (1989 film), a Soviet animated short * ''Cow'' (2009 film), a Chinese film * ''Cow'' (2021 film), a British documentary film * ''Cow'' (public service announcement), an anti texting while driving public service announcement * ''Cows'' (TV series), a pilot and cancelled television sitcom produced by Eddie Izzard for Channel 4 in 1997 * Cow, a character in the animated series '' Cow and Chicken'' *

Computer Originated World The Computer Originated World (COW) was the method of creating the BBC1 symbol that was used between 18 February 1985 and 16 February 1991. It was later used by the international, commercial television service BBC World Service Television fro ...

, referring to the globe ID the BBC1 TV network used from 1985 to 1991

Music

Cows (band) Cows were a noise rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota who formed in 1986 and disbanded in 1998. The band’s music mixed punk rock with surreal humour and copious amounts of noise played through distorted amplifiers and trumpet bleats, codi ...

, a noise rock band from Minneapolis * ''Cow'' (demo), a 1987 EP by Inspiral Carpets * "Cows", a song by Grandaddy from their 1992 album '' Prepare to Bawl'' * '' COW / Chill Out, World!'', 2016 album by The Orb

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Cerritos On Wheels Cerritos (Spanish for "Little hills") is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, and is one of several cities that constitute the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County. It was incorporated on April 24, 1956. As of 201 ...

, municipal bus service operated by the City of Cerritos, California, United States * College of Wooster, liberal arts college in Wooster, Ohio, United States *

Cow Hell Swamp Cow Hell Swamp (also called Cow Hell) is a swamp in the U.S. state of Georgia. The swamp is located along the eastern bank of the Oconee river near the mouth of Buckeye creek in northern Laurens County, with a small portion of the swamp exten ...

, Georgia, United States *

Crude oil washing Crude oil washing (COW) is washing out the residue from the oil tanker using the crude oil cargo itself, after the cargo tanks have been emptied. Crude oil is pumped back and preheated in the slop tanks, then sprayed back via high pressure nozzles ...

Cows (ice cream) Cows is a Canadian ice cream manufacturer and chain of ice cream parlors based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Cows was founded in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island in 1983, and has since expanded into cheddar cheese, and cow-themed mercha ...

, a Canadian ice cream brand * Cowdenbeath railway station, Scotland, National Rail station code * Cow, part of a cow-calf railroad locomotive set * COWS, a mnemonic for Cold Opposite, Warm Same in the caloric reflex test

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