Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation index word
- abbreviation Baseball intentional walks
- abbreviation isotopic weight
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
yew . - noun An abbreviation of
Indian wire-gage .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries
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Examples
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Another source says Activision is "flexing their muscles" against IW, which is trying to "push back against change."
Neoseeker News Feed 2010
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A recent Defense Department directive elevates "IW" (irregular warfare) to a level "as strategically important as traditional warfare," arguing that for the "foreseeable future, winning the Long War against violent extremists will the central objective of U.S. policy."
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For those of you like me running Hyper-V, there is a VPC with the some of the 2010 "IW" stack loaded:
MSDN Blogs 2010
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By for the zealots at "IW", Quilliam is pretty much an "infidel" group.
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"IW" is dedicated to silencing critics of the latter, while seeking to undermine the former.
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Working at the Royal Observatory when the Second World War broke out, she volunteered to work on the canals with "The Idle Women", the waterborne equivalent of the Land Girls - their badges bore the legend "IW", for "Inland Waterways" - and she spent the war on barges carrying vital supplies.
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Modern Warfare had its fair share of jaw dropping moments and for the sequel IW seems to have made a point to increase these events.
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The chief executive of the UBI subsidiary, IW Bank, Alessandro Prampolini , said IW wants to position itself as "a relevant online player."
EU Banks Struggle to Lure Deposits David Enrich 2011
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The think tank IW this week lowered its 2012 growth forecast nearly in half to just 1.25%.
Banker Says Euro Zone Will Avoid Double Dip Brian Blackstone 2011
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After two years in development Infinity Ward (IW) comes back to deliver an experience that tops every aspect of the already great first game.
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