Wow or WoW may refer to:

Games and toys

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World of Warcraft ''World of Warcraft'' (''WoW'') is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. Set in the ''Warcraft'' fantasy universe, ''World of Warcraft'' takes place within the world of Azeroth ...

'', a massively multiplayer online role-playing game *''

World of Warplanes ''World of Warplanes'' (''WoWp'') is a free-to-play aerial combat massively multiplayer online (MMO) game developed by Persha Studia and published by Wargaming.net. The game was originally released in November 2013 in CIS countries, North America ...

'', an online flight simulator *'' World of Warships'', an online naval simulator *'' Wizard of Wor'', a 1981 arcade game by Midway *

Sega Wow is a development department within Japanese video game developer Sega that also previously existed as Wow Entertainment and AM1 spent most of its early existence under the leadership of Rikiya Nakagawa and developed a number of arcade gam ...

, a video game company * Worlds of Wonder (toy company), a 1980s American toy company

Music

Wow (band) WOW! was a Dutch girl group in the late and early 90's who were produced by the duo Bolland & Bolland. History WOW! scored their first hit in 1997 called ''Keer op Keer'', which came from their album ''Wild + Ondeugend''. The group scored anot ...

, a Dutch 1990s girl group *

WOW Music WOW Music (WOW; 維高文化有限公司) is a Hong Kong-based record label. It was launched on April 13, 2007 with the support of HIM International Music and AsiaMuse Entertainment Group. The company is notably involved in major concert productio ...

, a Hong Kong record label *SRS Wow, and SRS Wow HD, an audio enhancement suite of

Sound Retrieval System Sound Retrieval System (SRS) is a patented psychoacoustic 3D audio processing technology originally invented by Arnold Klayman in the early 1980s. The SRS technology applies head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) to create an immersive 3D soundf ...

technologies *Wow, a member of the animated girl group

VBirds VBirds were a British virtual girl group, created in 2002 by a team of designers, producers and musicians. An animated television series of the same name, consisting of six one-minute episodes, aired on Cartoon Network between long-form progr ...

Albums

* ''WOW'' (Wendy O. Williams album), a 1984 album by Wendy O. Williams * ''Wow!'' (Bananarama album), 1987 * ''Wow!'' (Bill Doggett album), 1965 *''

Wow/Grape Jam ''Wow/Grape Jam'' is the second album by the rock band Moby Grape. It was first released in April 1968. It is different from most double album releases in that it was released as two different albums in separate covers, but packaged together an ...

'', a 1968 album by Moby Grape * ''WOW'' (Junko Onishi album), 1993 * ''WOW'' (Mouse on Mars album), a 2012 mini album by Mouse on Mars * ''Wow'' (Superbus album), 2006 * ''Wow'' (Bibi Zhou album), 2007 * ''Wow'' (Verdena album), 2011 * ''WOW'' series, a series of compilation albums of contemporary Christian music

Songs

* "Wow" (Kate Bush song), 1979 * "Wow" (Kylie Minogue song), 2008 * "Wow" (Ruslana song), 2011 * "Wow" (Inna song), 2012 * "Wow" (Beck song), 2016 * "Wow" (Marilyn Manson song), 2009 * "Wow" (Post Malone song), 2018 * "Wow" (Zara Larsson song), 2020 *"Wow", a 2003 song by Snow Patrol from ''

Final Straw ''Final Straw'' is the third studio album and major-label debut by Scottish-Northern Irish rock band Snow Patrol, released on 4 August 2003 in the United Kingdom and Ireland and in 2004 in the United States. The album is notable for bringing the ...

Organizations and companies

* War on Want, a British anti-poverty charity * Warbirds Over Wanaka, a biennial international airshow held in New Zealand * Wide Open West, an American ISP, internet, cable, and phone company *

Wider Opportunities for Women Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) is a national nonprofit organization in the United States established in 1962 by Jane Fleming and Mary Janney in Washington, D.C. History In its early days, WOW received much of its support from women in key g ...

, U.S. non-profit * Women of the Wall, a Jewish women's organization in Israel * Women of the World Festival, a festival based in London with global satellite venues * Women of Wrestling, an American women's wrestling promotion *

Women on Waves Women on Waves (WoW) is a Dutch nongovernmental organization (NGO) created in 1999 by Dutch physician Rebecca Gomperts, in order to bring reproductive health services, particularly non-surgical abortion services and education, to women in countr ...

, a Dutch pro-choice non-profit organization *

Women on Web Women on Web (WoW) is a Canadian non-profit organization that aims to increase access to safe abortion known for its online abortion service accessible in multiple countries. The organization was founded by Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, a Dutch physici ...

, a Canadian pro-choice non-profit organization * Woodmen of the World, a fraternal organization in Omaha, Nebraska, United States * Woolworths Limited, an Australian retailing company, by Australian Stock Exchange code *

World of Wearable Art World of WearableArt (WOW) is an internationally recognised design competition, attracting entries from more than 40 countries each year. The competition features wearable art entries, which are judged on durability, the safety and comfort of t ...

, a museum and award show in New Zealand * World of Wonder (company), an American production company *

World Organization of Workers The World Organization of Workers (WOW) is an international trade union federation. History WOW was founded in September 1921, as the International Federation of Christian Employees' Trade Unions. After several name changes, it became the Worl ...

, an international trade union federation *

WOW! (online service) CompuServe (CompuServe Information Service, also known by its initialism CIS) was an American online service provider, the first major commercial one in the world – described in 1994 as "the oldest of the Big Three information services (the oth ...

, a defunct ISP from CompuServe *

WOW Promotions The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promoter (entertainment), promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor (company), End ...

, an American mixed martial arts organization *

WOW Sight & Sound WOW Sight and Sound was an Australian audio visual retailer. Founded in 2003 with a single store in Townsville, it grew to 15 stores in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Australia, Victoria, the Northern Territory, and the Australian Capi ...

, an Australian electronics and music retailer

Places

* WOW counties, Waukesha, Ozaukee, and Washington counties of Wisconsin *

Wau, South Sudan Wau (Arabic: واو ''Wāw''; also known as Wow, Waw, or Wau Town) is a city in northwestern South Sudan, on the western bank of the Jur River, that serves as capital for Western Bahr el Ghazal (and formerly Wau State). It lies approximately nort ...

(or Wow), a town in South Sudan

Television, radio and film

*'' World of Winx'' (also titled ''Winx Club WOW''), a spin-off of ''Winx Club'' *

WOW (channel) Pen Studios (formerly Pen India Limited) is an Indian film production and distribution company established by Dr. Jayantilal Gada on 31 March 1987. Based in Mumbai, it mainly produces and distributes Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. In 1992, th ...

, an Indian television channel in Mumbai * WOW (TV station), the local WIN Television station broadcasting to remote Western Australia *

KXSP KXSP (590 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Omaha, Nebraska. The station is owned by SummitMedia and it airs a sports format. Most weekday afternoon and evening programming is from local hosts, while during mornings, late nights ...

, formerly known as WOW, a radio station in Omaha, Nebraska * WOWT, formerly known as WOW-TV, a TV station in Omaha, Nebraska *'' WOW: The CatholicTV Challenge'', a television game show * ''WOW!'' (TV series), a 1996 UK CITV programme * ''Wow'' (film), a 1970 Québécois movie directed by Claude Jutra

Transport

* WOW air, an Icelandic low-cost airline. *

WOW Alliance WOW Cargo Alliance is a global cargo alliance between SAS Cargo Group and Singapore Airlines Cargo. WOW is the world's second largest cargo alliance consisting of only 2 members and is currently competing with the only other cargo alliance, ...

, a global air-cargo alliance *

Air Southwest Air Southwest was a British airline founded by Sutton Harbour Holdings in 2003. Ownership was transferred to Eastern Airways in September 2010 but operations ceased 12 months later. It operated regional scheduled passenger services in South We ...

, an airline based in the Southwest of England, by ICAO Airline Code * Woolwich railway station, London, England, by National Rail station code

Other

* Lay's WOW chips, a brand of fat-free potato chips *

Wendy O. Williams Wendy Orlean Williams (May 28, 1949 – April 6, 1998) was an American singer, best known as the lead singer of the punk rock band Plasmatics. She was noted for her onstage theatrics, which included partial nudity, exploding equipment, firing ...

(1949–1998), U.S. singer *

Windows on Windows In computing, Windows on Windows (commonly referred to as WOW), was a compatibility layer of 32-bit versions of the Windows NT family of operating systems since 1993 with the release of Windows NT 3.1, which extends NTVDM to provide limited supp ...

, an application compatibility layer in 32-bit Microsoft Windows **

WoW64 In computing on Microsoft platforms, WoW64 (Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit) is a subsystem of the Windows operating system capable of running 32-bit applications on 64-bit Windows. It is included in all 64-bit versions of Windows—including ...

, an application compatibility layer in 64-bit Microsoft Windows * ''Wow!'' (comic), a British comic from 1982–1983 * Wow (recording), a pitch variation while playing a sound recording *

WOW Film Festival (disambiguation) WOW Film Festival may refer to one of these film festivals: *For Film's Sake, formerly World of Women’s Cinema (WOW) Film Festival, in Sydney, Australia *Wales One World Film Festival Wales One World Film Festival ( cy, Gŵyl Ffilm WOW "Cymru ...

, several film festivals *

Wow! signal The Wow! signal was a strong narrowband radio signal detected on August 15, 1977, by Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope in the United States, then used to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The signal appeared ...

, a strong radio signal of unknown origin detected by a SETI project in 1977