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- AccuWeatherAccuWeatherAccuWeather is an American media company that provides for-profit weather forecasting services worldwide.AccuWeather was founded in 1962 by Joel N. Myers, then a Penn State graduate student working on degrees in meteorology. His first customer was a gas company in Pennsylvania. While running the...
, a private weather forecasting group - Active WorldsActive WorldsActive Worlds is a 3D virtual reality platform. The Active Worlds client runs on Windows. Users assign themselves a name, log into the Active Worlds universe, and explore 3D virtual worlds and environments that other users have built. Users can chat with one another or build structures and areas...
, a 3D virtual reality platform - Addison–Wesley, a publishing organisation
- Adjusted winner procedureAdjusted Winner procedureIn problems of fair division, the adjusted winner procedure is used to partition a bundle of goods between two players in such a way as to minimize envy and maximize efficiency and equitability...
, a procedure used in fair divisionFair divisionFair division, also known as the cake-cutting problem, is the problem of dividing a resource in such a way that all recipients believe that they have received a fair amount... - Africa World Airlines (Ghana) (IATA code)
- AhrweilerAhrweilerAhrweiler is a district in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Euskirchen, Rhein-Sieg and the city Bonn in the state North Rhine-Westphalia, and the districts of Neuwied, Mayen-Koblenz and Vulkaneifel.- History :The region was conquered by the Romans under...
, a district in Germany - Alan WakeAlan WakeAlan Wake is a story-driven action game in the psychological thriller genre, developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Microsoft Game Studios, released for the Xbox 360 video game console in 2010...
, a videogame by Remedy Entertainment - Allied Waste IndustriesAllied Waste IndustriesAllied Waste Industries was a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. A vertically integrated company that owned and operated solid waste collection businesses, recycling facilities, and landfills, it was a leader in the solid waste industry in the United States...
Inc, stock symbol on NYSE - Another World (TV series)Another World (TV series)Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J...
, an American soap opera - Accuracy International Arctic WarfareAccuracy International Arctic WarfareThe Accuracy International Arctic Warfare rifle is a family of bolt-action sniper rifles designed and manufactured by the British company Accuracy International...
, a British sniper rifle made by Accuracy International - ArubaArubaAruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...
, the ISO 3166-1 2-letter country code - A&W RestaurantsA&W RestaurantsA&W Restaurants, Inc., is a chain of fast-food restaurants, distinguished by its draft root beer and root beer floats. A&W was arguably the first successful food franchise company, starting franchises in 1921 in California. Today it has franchise locations throughout the world, serving a typical...
or A&W Root BeerA&W Root BeerA&W Root Beer is a brand of root beer, primarily available in the United States and Canada, that was started in 1919 by Roy Allen. In 1922, Allen partnered with Frank Wright. They combined their initials to create the brand "A&W" and inspired a restaurant chain which was founded 1922. The first A&W... - Advance WarsAdvance WarsAdvance Wars, known in Japan as is a turn-based tactics video game developed for the Game Boy Advance by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. It was released in North America on September 10, 2001, but put on hold in Japan and Europe due to the following day's terrorist attacks in the USA...
, a portable strategy game - Armstrong WhitworthArmstrong WhitworthSir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century. Headquartered in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Armstrong Whitworth engaged in the construction of armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles, and aircraft.-History:In 1847,...
, a British manufacturing company in the early 20th century - Ibanez AW SeriesIbanez AW SeriesThe Ibanez Artwood series refers to a series of acoustic guitars highlighted by the use of unusual woods such as quilted and flamed maple, walnut, and bubinga. Also notable is the use of solid wood tops in each model...
, acoustic guitars - Aviation Warfare Systems OperatorAviation Warfare Systems OperatorNaval Aircrewman is a United States Navy occupational rating. The rate was previously designated as Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Operator. However under the CNO directed Helicopter Master Plan, all 78XX, and 94XX aircrewmen were redesignated as 'Naval Aircrewman'...
, a rating in the United States Navy - Arsène WengerArsène WengerArsène Wenger, OBE is a French association football manager and former player, who has managed English Premier League side Arsenal since 1996...
, manager of Arsenal F.C. in England - Aviation Week
- Ahnapee and Western RailwayAhnapee and Western RailwayThe Ahnapee and Western Railway was a common carrier short line railroad located in northeastern Wisconsin.The railroad ran from a connection with the Kewaunee, Green Bay and Western Railroad at Casco Junction to the lakeshore terminals of Algoma in Kewaunee County and Sturgeon Bay in the "Door...
- AgustaWestlandAgustaWestlandAgustaWestland is an Anglo-Italian helicopter design and manufacturing company. It was formed in July 2000 when Finmeccanica S.p.A. and GKN plc agreed to merge their respective helicopter subsidiaries to form AgustaWestland with Finmeccanica and GKN each holding a 50% share.AgustaWestland is now a...
helicopter design and manufacturing company based in Italy and Somerset, in the United Kingdom