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COW is an acronym for a number of things: Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. ...

Can of worms
The COW programming language, an esoteric programming language.
Casualty of Worms
Cell On Wheels
City of Westminster
Cluster of Workstations
Coalition of the Willing
Computer Originated World, referring to the globe ID the BBC1 TV network used from 1985 to 1991
Code Optimization Ware, as used in the game Tron 2.0
Cold worked
College of Wooster
Commanding Officer's Wife
Copy-on-write
Cost of war
Crude oil washing
Correlates of War

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Category: Ambiguous three-letter acronyms Wiktionary has a definition of: Can of worms The phrase can of worms is an idiom. ... The COW programming language is an esoteric programming language created by Sean Heber (2003). ... This COW was photographed in the parking lot of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. ... The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ... A NOW or Network of Workstations is a computer network which connects several computer workstations together, and by utilising special software it allows to use the network as a cluster. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with multinational force in Iraq. ... Tron 2. ... Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and of materials engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements and their mixtures, which are called alloys. ... The College of Wooster is a liberal arts college with fewer than 2000 students located in Wooster, Ohio, in Wayne County, Ohio. ... Copy-on-write (sometimes referred to as COW) is an optimization strategy used in computer programming. ... Crude oil washing (COW) is washing out the residue from the tanks of an oil tanker using the crude oil cargo itself. ... The Correlates of War project is an academic study of the history of warfare. ... The TLA (three-letter acronym or three-letter abbreviation) is the most popular type of abbreviation in technical terminology, and is also very common in general language. ...

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Cowes - LoveToKnow 1911 (232 words)
	COWES, a seaport and watering-place in the Isle of Wight, England, 12 m.
	West Cowes is separated from East Cowes by the picturesque estuary of the river Medina, the two towns (each of which is an urban district) lying on opposite sides of its mouth at the apex of the northern coast of the island.
	West Cowes is served by the Isle of Wight Central railway.

Cowes Yacht Haven (288 words)
	Cowes Yacht Haven represents the heart of the sailing world in Cowes.
	Centrally located, visitors have instant access to Cowes town centre, the Parade, with its range of yacht clubs, including the historic Royal Yacht Squadron, and beautiful Northwood Park, with its tennis, mini-golf facilities and pleasant walks.
	Ian Gregory joined Cowes Yacht Haven management team in January with direct responsibility for the management and development of all events held at Cowes Yacht Haven and the Haven Events Centre....

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