List of acronyms and initialisms: W
This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter W.
For the purposes of this list:
- acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as a series of constituent letters, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome
- initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc
- pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters means that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
- (a) = acronym in the example: SARS – (a) Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- (i) = initialism in the example: CD – (i) Compact disc
- (p) = pseudo-blend in the example: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
- (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – Megahertz)
(Main list of acronyms and initialisms)
W0–9
- W3C – (i) World Wide Web Consortium
- w/ – (p) With: Software w/Documentation. Typically used in advertising or to abbreviate headings. Never used in formal body text.
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- WJKK WJKF – Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ke Fateh, a Sikh greeting
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- WQS World Qualifing series (surf)
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- WR – (i) Wide Receiver (football)
- WRAC – (a) Women's Royal Army Corps (World War II UK)
- WRAIR – (a) Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
- WRBWWRM – (i) "We Read Best What We Read Most"
- WRC – (i) World Rally Championship
- WRNS – (i) Women's Royal Naval Service (World War II UK) (pronounced "wrens")
- WRVS – (i) Women's Royal Voluntary Service, now only known by the acronym (UK)
- WRS – (i) Worldwide Reference System
- wrt or w/r/t – (i) with respect to or with regard to, depending on context
- WRT – (i) Writer Response Theory
- WRT – "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
- WRT – World Rally Team
- WRT – Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC (Urban Planning and Design)
- WRT – Wireless Ronin Technologies, Inc. (digital signage)
- WRT – NHS Workforce Review Team
- WRT – The Linksys routers whose model name start with 'WRT'
- WRT – Wireless Receiver/Transmitter ( computer networks/IT )
- WRT – Third party firmware for the Linksys WRT routers and compatible models from other vendors.
- WRT – Web Runtime (WRT) is a portable application framework developed by Nokia that allows the creation of widgets on the S60 Platform.
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- WXO – (i) Weather [Executive] Officer
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- WY – (s) Wyoming (postal symbol)
- WYSIWYG – (a) What You See Is What You Get (pronounced "wizzy-wig". See entry for derived acronyms)
- WYSIWYP – (a) What You See Is What You Print / What You See Is What You Pay ("wizzy-whip")
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