MSW

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MSW is an acronym that may stand for any of the following:

• in academia and as a title, Master of Social Work
• Mammal Species of the World, a publication of recognised mammal species.
• Municipal solid waste
• a sub-discipline of social work, medical social work
• in backyard wrestling, Mid-South Wrestling
• in computing:
  • Microsoft Windows (where the acronym is pronounced /mεswʊ/ or /mʌswʊ/)
  • Machine Status Word on 286 processors (on 386 processors it is simply the low 16-bit of CR0 for backward compatibility)
• in particle physics, the Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein effect
• in recovery, "Marin Services for Women"
• the Massawa International Airport in Massawa, Eritrea.