List of acronyms: W

• 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. ==WA==

• wa – (s) Walloon language (ISO 639-1 code) • WA • (s) Namibia (FIPS 10-4 country code; from West Africa) • Washington state (postal symbol) • Western Australia (postal symbol) • (i) World Archery (Federation) • World Athletics • WAAC – (i) Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (Britain) (World War I UK) • WAAF – (i) Women's Auxiliary Air Force (World War II UK) • WAC • (a) Western Athletic Conference • (i) Women's Auxiliary Corps (World War II Canada) • Women's Army Corps (World War II U.S.) • WACC – (a) Weighted Average Cost of Capital (accounting) • WACS – What-A-Cartoon! Show • WAD – (a) Weapons Alert Designator • WAGGGS – (a) World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts • WAGMI - (a) We're All Gonna Make It • WAGs – (p) Wives And Girlfriends (most notably of England national football team players at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, although the term existed earlier) • WAK – (s) Wake Island (ISO 3166 trigram, obsolete 1986) • WAL – see entry • WAN – (a) Wide area network • WAP – (a) Wireless Application Protocol • WAPIMA – (a) What a pain in my ass • WAR – (a) With All Respect • WAsP – (p) Short form of WAAAAP (Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program) • WASP • (a) White Anglo-Saxon Protestant • Wide Angle Search for Planets • Women Airforce Service Pilots • WAYP – (a) White And Yellow Pages ==WB==

• Wb – (s) Weber • WB • (i) Warner Bros. • Welcome Back (Internet shorthand) • WBA • (i) Warner Bros. Animation • West Bromwich Albion (F.C.) • World Boxing Association • WBC – (i) World Boxing Council • WBE – (i) Work Breakdown Element • WBIT – (i) Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament • WBO – (i) World Boxing Organization • WbW • with best wishes • white boy wasted ==WC==

• WC – (i) Water Closet – Winston Churchill – World Cup (sports) • WCBO – (i) World Chess Boxing Organisation • WCBP – (i) World Center for Birds of Prey • WCCW – (i) World Class Championship Wrestling • WCDay – (a/i) World Constitution Day • WCL – (i) World Confederation of Labour • WCPA – (p) World Constitution and Parliament Association • WCS – (i) Weapon Control Status – Wildlife Conservation Society • WCW – (i) World Championship Wrestling • WCWCC – (p) World Committee for a World Constitutional Convention • WCWS – (i) Women's College World Series, the final phase of the NCAA Division I softball tournament in the US ==WD==

• WDC – (i) Western Design Center – World Data Center • WDWR – Walt Disney World Resort • WDIN – Wildlife Disease Information Node ==WE==

• WEBS – (a) Weapon Effectiveness Battle Simulation • WEC – (i) World Extreme Cagefighting • WEEE – (i) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment • WEF – (a) World Economic Forum • WEIRD – (a) Western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic (cultural identifier of a disproportionate number of psychology test subjects) • WEM - (a) West Edmonton Mall • WEU – (i) Western European Union • WEZ – (a/i) Weapon Engagement Zone ==WF==

• WF – (s) Wallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 digram) • WFC – (i) Women's Forage Corps (World War I UK) • WFD – (i) Weapon(s) of Focused Destruction • WFF – (i) Wallops Flight Facility • WFI - Water for Injection • WFP – (i) World Food Programme • WFT – (i) Washington Football Team (former NFL franchise name) • WFZ – (i) Weapons Free Zone ==WG==

• WG – (i) Working Group – Wade–Giles • WGS 84 – World Geodetic System 1984 • WGSRPD • World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions • an international biogeography based standardized placename system for flora + floristics locations. ==WH==

• WH – (i) Wehrmacht Heer (German World War II army vehicle licence plate code) • WHAM – (a) Wisconsin Hydrogen-Alpha Mapping (telescope) • WHI – (i) Women's Health Initiative • WHIP – (a) Walks plus hits per inning pitched • WHO – (a) World Health Organization • WHS – (i) (U.S.) Washington Headquarters Services ==WI==

• WI • (s) Western Sahara (FIPS 10-4 country code) • Wisconsin (postal symbol) • (i) Women's Institute • WIA • (i) Wounded In Action • (a) Wireless Institute of Australia (Amateur Radio) • WIC – (a/i) U.S. (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for) Women, Infants and Children (often pronounced "wick") • WIIFM - (i) What's in it for me? • WIE- (a) Windows Internet Explorer • WIMP • (a) Weakly Interacting Massive Particle • Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers • WIN-T – (i) Warfighter Information Network-Tactical • WIPO – (a/i) World Intellectual Property Organization • WIPP – (a) [Nuclear] Waste Isolation Pilot Plant • WIYN – (i) Wisconsin Indiana Yale NOAO telescope consortium ==WJ==

• WJKK WJKF – Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ke Fateh, a Sikh greeting ==WK==

• WK – (s) Wake Island (ISO 3166 digram, obsolete 1986) • WKYP – (a) Will Keep You Posted • WKX – (a) World Kickboxing Xtrm ==WL==

• WL – (i) Wehrmacht Luftwaffe (German World War II air force vehicle licence plate code) • WLB – (i) Women's Land Brigade (World War II Canada) • WLF – (s) Wallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 trigram) • wln – (s) Walloon language (ISO 639-2 code) • WLOG – (i) Without Loss Of Generality (see WOLOG) ==WM==

• WM – (i) Wehrmacht Marine (German World War II navy vehicle licence plate code) • WMANUS – (a) West Midlands Area National Union of Students • WMD • (i) Weapon of mass destruction|Weapon[s] of Mass Destruction • World Movement for Democracy † • WMI – (i) Wildlife Management Institute • WMO – (i) World Meteorological Organization ==WN==

• WNA – (i) World Nuclear Association • WNBA – (i) Women's National Basketball Association • WNF – (i) "Will Not Fix" • WNL - (i) Medical initialism for "Within Normal Limits" • WNIT – (i) Women's National Invitation Tournament • WNSD – (i) ''What's New, Scooby-Doo?'' • WNW – (s) West North-West ==WO==

• wo – (s) Wolof language (ISO 639-1 code) • WO – (i) Warrant Officer • W/O – (p) Without: Software w/o Documentation • w/o • Weight per cent • without • WOF - Width of Fabric • WOFT – (a) Waste Of F***ing Time • WOFTAM – (a) Waste Of F***ing Time And Money • WOI – (a/i) Wheels Of Italy • wol – (s) Wolof language (ISO 639-2 code) • WOLOG (or WLOG) – (a/i) WithOut Loss Of Generality • WOM – (a) Write Only Memory • WOS – (i) Wilson Ornithological Society • WOSM • (i) World Organization of the Scout Movement • Worldwide Oil Spill Model • WOT – (i) Waste Of Time • WoW or WOW – (a) World of Warcraft ==WP==

• WP • (i) White Phosphorus (ammunition) • (i) Workers' Party (Singapore) • WPB – (i) War Production Board during World War II • WPE – (i) World Pork Expo • WPK – (p) Wider Peacekeeping • WPN – (i) Wizards Play Network (sanctioning body for several games, most notably Magic: The Gathering) • WPT • (i) World Poker Tour • World Premiere Toons • WPP - (i) Witness Protection Program ==WQ==

• WQS – World Qualifying series (surf) ==WR==

• WR – (i) Wide receiver (gridiron 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 • WRC - World Religions Conference • 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, also w.r.t. or w/r/t – (i) with respect to or with regard to, depending on context • WRT • (i) Writer Response Theory • (i) WRT - "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics. • (i) World Rally Team • (i) Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC (Urban Planning and Design) • (i) Wireless Ronin Technologies (digital signage) • (i) NHS Workforce Review Team • The Linksys routers whose model name start with 'WRT' • (i) Wholesale, Trade, Retail sector, category in employment and economics statistics • (i) Wireless Receiver/Transmitter ( computer networks/IT ) • Third party firmware for the Linksys WRT routers and compatible models from other vendors. • (i) Web Runtime (WRT) is a portable application framework developed by Nokia that allows the creation of widgets on the S60 Platform. ==WS==

• WS • (s) Samoa (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram; from the country's former name of Western Samoa) • (i) Writer to the Signet (a Scottish solicitor) • WSC – (i) Weapon System Catalogue • WSDL – (i) Web Services Description Language • WSJ – (i) (The) Wall Street Journal • WSL • (i) White Star Line (shipping company) • Women's Super League, currently used to describe England's top women's association football league and formerly to describe that country's top women's rugby union competition • Workers' Socialist League (UK political party) • WSM • (s) Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram; from Western Samoa) • (i) Winchester Short Magnum (family of rifle cartridges) • WSMR – (a/i) White Sands Missile Range ("whiz-murr") • WSROC – (a) Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils • WSSM – (i) Winchester Super Short Magnum (family of rifle cartridges) • WST • (i) Water Soluble Tetrazolium (assay) • (s) Samoan tālā (ISO 4217 currency code) • WSTC – (i) Women Signallers Territorial Corps (World War II UK) • WSUS – Windows Server Update Services • WSW – (s) West South-West ==WT==