# CW

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**CW** may stand for:

## Science and technology

- Centiwatt (cW), one hundredth of a [watt](/source/Watt)
- [Cω](/source/C%CF%89), a programming language
- [CW complex](/source/CW_complex), a type of topological space
- [Carrier wave](/source/Carrier_wave), a periodic waveform that is modulated in radio communication
- [CodeWarrior](/source/CodeWarrior), an integrated development environment by NXP Semiconductors (originally by Metrowerks) for microcontroller and microprocessor software
- [Constructed wetland](/source/Constructed_wetland), a man-made wetland to treat wastewater
- [Continuous wave](/source/Continuous_wave), an electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude and frequency, interrupted durations of which were historically used to transmit Morse code, also used in radar systems
- [ClarisWorks](/source/ClarisWorks), an office suite now known as AppleWorks
- c_{\rm w}, a [drag coefficient](/source/Drag_coefficient) used a measure of air resistance
- Contention window, a network traffic characteristic; see [IEEE 802.11e-2005 § Enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA)](/source/IEEE_802.11e-2005#Enhanced_distributed_channel_access_(EDCA))
- [Corded Ware culture](/source/Corded_Ware_culture), an archaeological culture in Europe
- Chemical formula of [tungsten carbide](/source/Tungsten_carbide) (more typically denoted WC)

## Arts and media

### Gaming

- *[Castle Wolfenstein](/source/Castle_Wolfenstein)*, a 1981 video game
- *[Cube World](/source/Cube_World)*, a 2019 video game
- *[Content Warning](/source/Content_Warning)*, a 2024 video game

### Publications

- *[Computerworld](/source/Computerworld)*, an information technology magazine
- *[The Crimson White](/source/The_Crimson_White)*, a student-run newspaper of the University of Alabama

### Other media

- [The CW](/source/The_CW), an American television network/programming service - [The CW Plus](/source/The_CW_Plus), a national feed of the network - [CW Sports](/source/CW_Sports), a sports programming division of the network - [The CW4Kids](/source/Toonzai), American Saturday morning cartoon children's television block - [The CW Daytime](/source/The_CW_Daytime), an afternoon programming block that was broadcast on the CW - [CW Seed](/source/CW_Seed), a production arm that provided original content created exclusively for digital platforms focused in the areas of animation, game shows, comedy, and digital personalities
- [Creative writing](/source/Creative_writing), any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature
- [CloverWorks](/source/CloverWorks), a Japanese animation studio

## Companies

- [Cable & Wireless plc](/source/Cable_%26_Wireless_plc), a British telecommunications company
- [Camping World](/source/Camping_World), an outdoor equipment retailer
- [Colonial Williamsburg](/source/Colonial_Williamsburg)
- [Curtiss-Wright](/source/Curtiss-Wright), an engineering company (NYSE: CW)

## Military

- [Camp Wallace](/source/Camp_Wallace), a United States Army facility
- [Chemical warfare](/source/Chemical_warfare), a type of warfare involving chemical weapons
- [Chemical weapon](/source/Chemical_weapon), a munition using chemical toxicity
- Chief [warrant officer](/source/Warrant_officer), a relatively low-level rank of military officer
- [Cold War](/source/Cold_War), the state of geopolitical tension following World War II

## Places

- [Cook Islands](/source/Cook_Islands) (FIPS Pub 10-4 and obsolete NATO designation), a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean
- [CW postcode area](/source/CW_postcode_area) around Crewe, England
- [Canada West](/source/Canada_West), an obsolete designation for the western part of Canada
- [Canada's Wonderland](/source/Canada's_Wonderland), an amusement park in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
- [County Carlow](/source/County_Carlow), in Ireland
- [Curaçao](/source/Cura%C3%A7ao) (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code CW), a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region
- [Calw](/source/Calw), a city in southern Germany
- [Chelmsley Wood](/source/Chelmsley_Wood), a town in England near Birmingham

## Other uses

- [Air Marshall Islands](/source/Air_Marshall_Islands) (IATA code CW), an airline based in Majuro, in the Marshall Islands
- [Calendar week](/source/Calendar_week)
- [Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal](/source/Christian_Worship:_A_Lutheran_Hymnal), a hymnal used by the WELS
- [Clockwise](/source/Clockwise), motion that proceeds in the same direction as a clock's hands
- *[Common Worship](/source/Common_Worship)*, a liturgy of the Church of England
- [Conventional wisdom](/source/Conventional_wisdom), a description of ideas that are generally accepted as true
- [Cruiserweight (boxing)](/source/Cruiserweight_(boxing)), a weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight
- [Content warning](/source/Content_warning), warnings that a work contains writing, images, or concepts that may be harmful or distressing to some people
- [Culture war](/source/Culture_war), a cultural conflict between social groups
- [C. W. Anderson](/source/C._W._Anderson) (born 1970), a professional wrestler
- [Cawang railway station](/source/Cawang_railway_station), a railway station in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Cool white (about 4000 degrees Kelvin), a color temperature used for lighting; see [Fluorescent-lamp formats](/source/Fluorescent-lamp_formats)

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