CW may stand for:
Science and technology
* centiwatt (cW), one hundredth of a
watt
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Cω, a programming language
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CW complex, a type of topological space
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Carrier wave, in radio communications
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CodeWarrior, an integrated development environment by Metrowerks
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Constructed wetland, a man-made wetland to treat wastewater
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Continuous wave
A continuous wave or continuous waveform (CW) is an electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude and frequency, typically a sine wave, that for mathematical analysis is considered to be of infinite duration. It may refer to e.g. a laser or particle ...
, a method of radio transmission (telegraphy) and a microwave theory
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ClarisWorks, an office suite now known as AppleWorks
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Drag coefficient, a measure of air resistance commonly denoted
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Contention Window, a network traffic technique
* chemical formula of
tungsten carbide
Arts and media
Gaming
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Castle Wolfenstein'', a 1981 video game
* ''
Cube World'', a video game
Publications
* ''
Computerworld
''Computerworld'' (abbreviated as CW) is an ongoing decades old professional publication which in 2014 "went digital." Its audience is information technology (IT) and business technology professionals, and is available via a publication website ...
'', an information technology magazine
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The Crimson White'', a student-run newspaper of the University of Alabama
Other media
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The CW, an American television network/programming service
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The CW Plus, a national feed of the network
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Creative writing, any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature
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CloverWorks, a Japanese animation studio
Companies
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Cable & Wireless plc, a British telecommunications company
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Colonial Williamsburg
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Curtiss-Wright, an engineering company (NYSE: CW)
Military
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Chemical warfare
Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons. This type of warfare is distinct from nuclear warfare, biological warfare and radiological warfare, which together make up CBRN, the military acronym ...
, using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons
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Chemical weapon, munition that uses chemicals formulated to inflict death or harm on humans
* Chief
warrant officer (when followed by a numerical designation of rank), an officer in a military organisation who is designated an officer by a warrant
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Cold War
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
, a state of geopolitical tension following World War II
Places
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CW postcode area around Crewe, England
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Canada West, an obsolete designation for the western part of Canada
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Canada's Wonderland, an amusement park in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
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Cook Islands (FIPS Pub 10-4 and obsolete NATO designation), a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean
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County Carlow
County Carlow ( ; ga, Contae Cheatharlach) is a county located in the South-East Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Carlow is the second smallest and the third least populous of Ireland's 32 traditional counties. Carlow Cou ...
, in Ireland
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Curaçao
Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast ...
(ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code CW), a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region
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Calw, a city in southern Germany
Other uses
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Air Marshall Islands
Air Marshall Islands is an airline based in Majuro, Marshall Islands. It is the flag carrier of the Marshall Islands, operating inter-island services in the Central Pacific. Its main base is Marshall Islands International Airport, Majuro.
Hi ...
(IATA code CW), an airline based in Majuro, in the Marshall Islands
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Calendar week
A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years. A calendar date, date is the designation of a single and specific day within such a system. A calendar is ...
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Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal, a hymnal used by the WELS
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Clockwise, motion that proceeds in the same direction as a clock's hands
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Common Worship
''Common Worship'' is the name given to the series of services authorised by the General Synod of the Church of England and launched on the first Sunday of Advent in 2000. It represents the most recent stage of development of the Liturgical Movemen ...
'', a liturgy of the Church of England
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Conventional wisdom, a description of ideas that are generally accepted as true
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Cruiserweight (boxing)
Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class (boxing), weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, "light heavyweight" and "cruis ...
, a weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight
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Content warning
A trauma trigger is a Stimulus (psychology), psychological stimulus that prompts involuntary recall of a previous psychological trauma, traumatic experience. The stimulus itself need not be frightening or traumatic and may be only indirectly or su ...
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Culture war
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C. W. Anderson
Christopher Wright (born January 7, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, C. W. Anderson. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1999 to 2001.
Early life
Wright grew up ...
(born 1970), professional wrestler
* A suffix for the cool-white halophoshate
fluorescent lamp phosphor. See here:
Fluorescent-Lamp Formats
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