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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)

Contents: Top - W0–9 WA WB WC WD WE WF WG WH WI WJ WK WL WM WN WO WP WQ WR WS WT WU WV WW WX WY WZ

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  • 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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