PWA

PWA

1. (historical, aviation, 1946–1987) Initialism of Pacific Western Airlines.
2. (historical, warez, until 2000) Initialism of Pirates with Attitudes.
3. (historical, India, Pakistan) Initialism of Progressive Writers' Association.
4. (historical, US politics, 1933–1943) Initialism of Public Works Administration.
5. (historical, until 1951) Initialism of Portuguese West Africa, now Angola.
6. (Philippines) Initialism of Philippine Web Awards.
7. (surfing) Initialism of Professional Windsurfers Association.
8. (professional wrestling) Initialism of Pro Wrestling America.
9. (professional wrestling) Initialism of Pro Wrestling Alliance.
10. (professional wrestling, Canada) Initialism of Pure Wrestling Association.
11. Initialism of Professional Women's Association.
12. Initialism of Pratt & Whitney Aerospace.
13. Initialism of Portfolio of Water Actions.

PWA (countable and uncountable, plural PWAs)

1. (quantum mechanics) Initialism of partial-wave analysis.
2. (mathematics) Initialism of piecewise affine.

   PWA functions

3. (electronics) Initialism of printed wire assembly.
4. (software, countable) Initialism of progressive web application.
   • 2020, John M. Wargo, Learning Progressive Web Apps, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN:

     Throughout this book, we focused on the core capabilities of the browser, and we handcrafted the manifest files and code that make a PWA a PWA.

5. Initialism of person with AIDS.
   • 1988 April 2, Ron Meola, “'Together' being the key word”, in Gay Community News, page 8:

     There are Countless PWAs in prisons around the country. I say 'Countless' because many are unaware that they are infected.

• APW, AWP, PAW, WAP, WPA, paw, wap