RW or rw may refer to:

In arts and entertainment

* ''The Real World'' (TV series), an American reality television show * ''

Road Wild Road Wild (originally known as Hog Wild) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) that was held in the month of August from 1996 to 1999. It was a free event held in Sturgis, South Dakot ...

'', a World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view event *

Robbie Williams Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, and achieved commercial success after launching a solo career in 1996. His debut stud ...

, a British pop star *

Robin Williams Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and come ...

, an American actor *

Roger Waters George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. In 1965, he co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. Waters initially served as the bassist, but following the departure of singer-so ...

, British musician *

Robot Wars (disambiguation) Robot Wars may refer to: Film and television * ''Robot Wars'' (film), 1993 ** ''Robot Wars'' (soundtrack) * ''Robot Wars'' (TV series), a British TV competition, 1998–2004 and 2016–2018 ** ''Nickelodeon Robot Wars'', a U.S. TV game show s ...

In mathematics, science and technology

In computing

* Read-write access to files or directories, in file system permissions * Read-write memory *

Rewritable media Computer data storage is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media that are used to retain digital data. It is a core function and fundamental component of computers. The central processing unit (CPU) of a compute ...

* RenderWare, a 3-D rendering engine produced by Criterion Software

Other uses in mathematics, science, and technology

Random walk In mathematics, a random walk is a random process that describes a path that consists of a succession of random steps on some mathematical space. An elementary example of a random walk is the random walk on the integer number line \mathbb Z ...

, a mathematical process that can be used to explain phenomena in several disciplines *

Reaction wheel A reaction wheel (RW) is used primarily by spacecraft for three-axis attitude control, and does not require rockets or external applicators of torque. They provide a high pointing accuracy, and are particularly useful when the spacecraft must be ...

, a type of flywheel used primarily by spacecraft for attitude control * Robertson–Walker metric, in cosmology * Robin Wight, botanist, noted as R.W. * RW is the

designation Designation may refer to: * Designation (law), the process of determining an incumbent's successor * Professional certification * Designation (landmarks), an official classification determined by a government agency or historical society * Designa ...

for the 15th variable star named in a constellation: ** RW Andromedae, a Mira variable located in the constellation Andromeda **

RW Cephei RW Cephei is a hypergiant variable star in the constellation Cepheus (constellation), Cepheus, at the edge of the Sharpless 132 HII region and close to the small open cluster Berkeley 94. One of the List of largest known stars, largest ...

, an orange hypergiant located in the constellation Cepheus **

RW Cygni RW Cygni is a semiregular variable star in the constellation Cygnus, about a degree east of 2nd magnitude γ Cygni. Its apparent magnitude varies between 8.05 and 9.70 and its spectral type between M3 and M4. Distance The Gaia Data Rel ...

, a red supergiant located in the constellation Cygnus **

RW Ursae Minoris RW Ursae Minoris (Nova Ursae Minoris 1956) is a cataclysmic variable star system that flared up as a nova in the constellation Ursa Minor in 1956. Although the nova eruption of RW UMi occurred in 1956, it was not noticed until nearly six ...

, a recurrent nova located in the constellation Ursa Minor *

Right of way Right of way is the legal right, established by grant from a landowner or long usage (i.e. by prescription), to pass along a specific route through property belonging to another. A similar ''right of access'' also exists on land held by a gov ...

may be referred to in civil engineering and drafting contexts as R/W or RW

Other uses

Racewalking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

* Real world, another term for

reality Reality is the sum or aggregate of all that is real or existent within a system, as opposed to that which is only imaginary. The term is also used to refer to the ontological status of things, indicating their existence. In physical terms, r ...

in several contexts ** For other uses of "real world" see Real world (disambiguation) *

Respondent {{unreferenced, date=February 2012 A respondent is a person who is called upon to issue a response to a communication made by another. The term is used in legal contexts, in survey methodology, and in psychological conditioning. Legal usage In ...

witness, in law * Right-wing, one of the winger positions in sport *

Right-wing politics Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, author ...

* Rosewood, a type of wood used for guitar fingerboards * ''

Rukun warga A ''rukun warga'' (abbreviated RW, literally "pillar of residents") is an administrative division of Indonesia under the village or ''kelurahan'' (or under: ''dusun'' or village). , and the formation of local communities is through consultation ...

'', an administrative division of Indonesia *

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

(ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code) **

.rw .rw is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code ...

, country code top level domain (ccTLD) for Rwanda **

Kinyarwanda Kinyarwanda, Rwandan or Rwanda, officially known as Ikinyarwanda, is a Bantu language and a dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language that is spoken in Rwanda and adjacent parts of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda (where there ...

, a language in Rwanda (ISO 639 alpha-2 code) * Republic Airlines (IATA airline designator) *

Royal Wings Royal Wings (RW, ar, الأجنحة الملكية) was an airline based in Amman, Jordan. It was a Royal Jordanian Group Company and the charter arm of Royal Jordanian. Its main base was at Queen Alia International Airport (AMM), Amman with hu ...

, a Jordanian airline {{disambiguation