RW or rw may refer to:
In arts and entertainment
*
''The Real World'' (TV series), an American reality television show
* ''
Road Wild'', a World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view event
*
Robbie Williams, a British pop star
*
Robin Williams, 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
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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
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Random walk, 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
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Robertson–Walker metric, in cosmology
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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
RW or rw may refer to:
In arts and entertainment
* ''The Real World'' (TV series), an American reality television show
* ''Road Wild'', a World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view event
* Robbie Williams, a British pop star
* Robin Williams, an ...
, 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
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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
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Right of way may be referred to in civil engineering and drafting contexts as R/W or RW
Other uses
*
Racewalking
* Real world, another term for
reality in several contexts
** For other uses of "real world" see
Real world (disambiguation)
*
Respondent
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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
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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)
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.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
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Kinyarwanda, a language in Rwanda (ISO 639 alpha-2 code)
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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
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