Usually means: Software: programs used by computers.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word SW:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. sw: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. SW, sw: Merriam-Webster
  3. SW, Sw, sw: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. SW, Sw, sw: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. SW, Sw: Collins English Dictionary
  6. SW: Vocabulary.com
  7. SW, Sw, sw, sw, sw, sW: Wordnik
  8. SW, sw: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. SW, Sw, sw: Wiktionary
  10. Sw: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. SW: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. SW: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. s.w, sw, sw: Dictionary.com
  14. s.w, sw: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. SW, Sw: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Sw: Rhymezone
  17. SW: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. sw: FreeDictionary.org
  19. sw: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. SW, Sw: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SW: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SW: UK Medical Acronyms
  2. SW: MedFriendly Glossary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. sw, sw, sw: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  2. SW-, SW: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SW, Sw: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sw: Urban Dictionary

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sw: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. SW: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  3. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  4. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  5. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See swing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Initialism of Star Wars. [An American epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas in a setting where futuristic technology co-exists with a semi-sentient form of magic/religion called the Force.]
noun:  Initialism of southwest. [The intercardinal compass point halfway between south and west; specifically at a bearing of 225°.]
noun:  Initialism of search warrant. [(law) A court order in the form of a warrant, authorizing the search of a home and/or other privacy-protected place(s), notably to seek unlawful possessions, evidence etc. as part of a judicial inquiry]
noun:  Initialism of sex work. [Any job in which sex or eroticism is involved, especially prostitution or pornography.]
noun:  Initialism of sex worker. [A person who supplies sex work (short-term sexual services) in exchange for compensation.]
noun:  (electronics) Initialism of short wave.
noun:  Initialism of social work. [Any of several professions concerned with providing social services to members of the community.]
noun:  Abbreviation of software. [(computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).]
noun:  Initialism of start weight.
noun:  Initialism of street workout. [(uncountable) A combination of athletics, calisthenics, and sports performed in parks or other public outdoor locations.]
adjective:  Initialism of southwestern. [Of or pertaining to the southwest.]
adjective:  (in personal ads) Initialism of single white.
verb:  (handbells) Abbreviation of swing: to play the bell in a normal position, swing it down to the waist, then bring it back up [(intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.]

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