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 if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc , pronounced cee dee pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome (i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc (p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – megahertz Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP voyp and V-O-I-P .
(Main list of acronyms)
W3C – (i) World Wide Web Consortiumw/ – (p) With: Software w/Documentation . Typically used in advertising or to abbreviate headings. Never used in formal body text.WJKK WJKF – Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ke Fateh , a Sikh greeting WK – (s) Wake Island (ISO 3166 digram, obsolete 1986)WKYP – (a) Will Keep You Posted
WKX – (a) World Kickboxing Xtrm WQS – World Qualifying series (surf) 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 ChampionshipWRC - World Religions ConferenceWRNS – (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 Systemwrt or w/r/t – (i) with respect to or with regard to, depending on contextWRT
(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. WXO – (i) Weather [Executive] Officer 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")
WYRFTTM – When You Are Free Talk To Me