Wow
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Business
- WOW!, an internet, cable, and phone company
- WOW! (online service)WOW! (online service)WOW! was an online service run by CompuServe.com in 1996 and early 1997. Started in March 1996, it was originally thought to be an improved version of CompuServe's software, but it was later announced that it would be a user-friendly stand-alone "family" online service, and was widely advertised on...
, a defunct ISP from CompuServe - WOW, a radio station in Omaha, Nebraska, started in 1922 by Woodmen of the World; today known as KXSPKXSPKXSP 590 AM is a radio station located in Omaha, Nebraska. It currently broadcasts as AM 590, ESPN Radio, an all-sports talk station. The station is owned by Journal Broadcast Group.-History:...
- WOW (toy company), English toy company
- WOWT-TVWOWT-TVWOWT-TV, digital channel 22, virtual channel 6 via PSIP and Cox Communications cable channel 8, is the NBC affiliate television station in Omaha, Nebraska. WOWT also serves the state capital, Lincoln, 52 miles away, with broadcast and cable coverage...
, formerly known as WOW-TV, a TV station in Omaha, Nebraska - WOW (TV station)WOW (TV station)WOW is an Australian television station licensed to WIN Television, serving regional and remote Western Australia. The station officially commenced transmissions on 26 March 1999 as the second commercial regional broadcaster in Western Australia, alongside former monopoly, Golden West Network...
, the local WIN Television station broadcasting to remote Western Australia - WOW AllianceWOW AllianceWOW Cargo Alliance is a global cargo alliance between SAS Cargo Group and Singapore Airlines Cargo.WOW is the world's second largest Cargo alliance consisting of only 2 Members and is currently competing with the only other Cargo alliance, SkyTeam Cargo....
, a global air-cargo alliance - WOW MusicWOW MusicWOW Music is a Hong Kong-based record label. It was launched on April 13, 2007 with the support of the Taiwanese record label, HIM...
, a Hong Kong record label - WOW Promotions, a mixed martial arts organization
- Sega Wow, a video game company
- Air SouthwestAir SouthwestAir Southwest was a British airline owned by Eastern Airways. It operated regional scheduled passenger services in the South West of England. Its main base was Plymouth City Airport, with hubs at Newquay Cornwall Airport and Bristol Airport...
, a regional airline based in the Southwest of England (ICAO Airline Code: WOW) - Lay's WOW chipsLay's WOW chipsLay's WOW Chips were fat free potato chips produced by Frito-Lay containing olestra. They were first introduced in 1998. Although initially popular, charting sales of $400 million in their first year, subsequently dropped to $200 million by 2000. This was largely due to possible unpleasant side...
, a brand of fat-free potato chips - WOW Sight & SoundWOW Sight & SoundWOW Sight & Sound is an electronics retailer which currently employs over 990 staff throughout Australia. The Company specialises in communication and commercial solutions for businesses.WOW Sight and Sound operates 15 stores across Australia...
, an Australian discount consumer electronics and music retailer - Woolworths LimitedWoolworths LimitedWoolworths Limited is a major Australian company with extensive retail interest throughout Australia and New Zealand. It is the:* largest retail company in Australia and New Zealand by market capitalisation and sales...
, an Australian retailing company (Australian Stock Exchange code: WOW) - Worlds of Wonder (toy company)Worlds of Wonder (toy company)Worlds of Wonder or WoW was a 1980s American toy company, founded by former Atari employees, including Don Kingsborough and Mark Robert Goldberg.Their products included:* Teddy Ruxpin, a story telling bear, in 1985...
, a 1980s' American toy company
Media, arts and entertainment
- Wow! (comic)Wow! (comic)Wow! was a British comic that ran from 5 June 1982 to 25 June 1983, when it merged with Whoopee!. Its strips included:*Adam and his Ants, about a boy and his army of ants. Drawn by Sid Burgon...
, a British comic from 1982–1983 - WOW MagazineWOW MagazineWOW Magazine was a professional wrestling magazine which existed from 1999 to late 2001. It was originally launched with its debut issue in March 1999 by Mike Morris and H&S Media...
, from Scholastic Corporation - Wow (film)Wow (film)Wow was a Québécois movie in 1970 directed by Claude Jutra and starring Danielle Bail. It was produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1969.-Sequel:...
, a 1970 Québécois movie directed by Claude Jutra - WOW! (TV series)WOW! (TV series)WOW! was a children's entertainment magazine programme, broadcast in 1996 on the UK's ITV television network . It aired for 16 weeks from 31 August to 14 December 1996, preceded by the Summer 1996 run of Scratchy & Co...
, a 1996 UK CITV programme made by The Media Merchants - WOW: The CatholicTV ChallengeWOW: The CatholicTV ChallengeWOW: The CatholicTV Challenge is a game show that has aired on CatholicTV, plus other channels in the United States and Canada, since September 6, 2004...
, a television game show for children and adults - WoW or The War of the WorldsThe War of the WorldsThe War of the Worlds is an 1898 science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells.The War of the Worlds may also refer to:- Radio broadcasts :* The War of the Worlds , the 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Welles...
, a 1898 well known science fiction novel by H. G. Wells - Wings of WarWings of WarWings of War, by Andrea Angiolino and Pier Giorgio Paglia, is a modular boardgame collection published by Nexus Editrice and dedicated to air combat.A new edition is announced by Ares Games as Wings of Glory....
or WoW, a card game and miniature game about air warfare by Andrea Angiolino and Pier Giorgio Paglia - WoW or World of WarcraftWorld of WarcraftWorld of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994...
, a 2004 massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Blizzard Entertainment - WOWvx, a glasses-free 3D TV technology from Philips
- Wow MeganonWow MeganonWow Meganon?! was a weeknight comedy gag show, hosted by Joey de Leon and Mr. Fu. It was a spin-off of the weekly gag show Wow Mali and a combination of the latter and Ogags. Aside from the gags, it featured segments like street magic and a puppet show...
, an audio show
Music
- W.O.W.W.O.W.W.O.W. is the first solo studio album released by Wendy O. Williams in 1984 after her group, the Plasmatics, broke up .In 1982, KISS asked for Wendy and the Plasmatics to appear as a Special Guest on their tour...
, a 1984 album by Wendy O. Williams - Wow! (Bananarama album), 1987
- Wow! (Bill Doggett album)Wow! (Bill Doggett album)Wow! is 1956 album by Bill Doggett. - Track listing :#"Wow!" – 2:36#"Oo-Da" – 3:52#"Or Mose Blues" – 8:06#"Happy Soul Time" – 2:48#"The Kicker" – 2:42#"Mudeat" – 2:36#"Ram-Bunk-Shush" – 3:12...
, 1965 - Wow/Grape JamWow/Grape Jam-Side one:# "The Place and the Time" - 2:07# "Murder in My Heart for the Judge" - 2:58# "Bitter Wind" - 3:09...
, a 1968 album by Moby Grape - Wow (Superbus album), 2006
- Wow (Zhou Bichang album)WOW (Zhou Bichang album)WOW is the third studio album from Chinese singer and songwriter Zhou Bichang. It was released simultaneously with Zhou's second album NOW on December 18, 2007.-Track listing:# "WOW" - 3:42# "No Rest for the Whole Year" 全年无休 - 2:41...
, 2007 - "Wow" (Kate Bush song)Wow (Kate Bush song)"Wow" was the second single to be released from Kate Bush's second album Lionheart.The single is an edited version of "Wow", although it is not labelled as such. On all European "Wow" singles, the first 12 seconds of synthesizer chords have been removed...
, 1979 - "Wow" (Kylie Minogue song)Wow (Kylie Minogue song)"Wow" is a song performed by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue from her tenth studio album X . The song was written by Minogue, Greg Kurstin and Karen Poole and was produced by Kurstin. "Wow" is a dance song, incorpitate with house and electropop beats. "Wow" was chosen as the album's...
, 2007 - "WOW series", compilation albums promoting contemporary Christian music
- "Wow" (Ruslana song)Wow (Ruslana song)"WOW" is the title of Ruslana's newest single. The song was released on April 17 in Ukraine. The track was produced in Los Angeles by producer Jack Spade....
, 2011 - "W.O.W.", song by Inna from her 2011 album I Am the Club RockerI Am the Club RockerI Am the Club Rocker is the second full-length studio album by Romanian recording artist Inna. It was released on September 19, 2011 and produced by Inna's longtime producing team, Play & Win. The album features a new retro sound and was previously known as Powerless, but Inna personally...
Organizations
- Women of the WallWomen Of The WallWomen of the Wall is an organization based in Israel, whose goal is to secure women's right to hold and read the Torah and to wear religious garments at the Western Wall. They have organized a series of Women's prayer groups at the Kotel each month on Rosh Hodesh...
, a Jewish women's organization - Women of WrestlingWomen of WrestlingWomen of Wrestling, aka WOW!, is a professional wrestling promotion founded in 2000 by David McLane, previously the founder of Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. It was based in Los Angeles, California...
, a defunct women's wrestling promotion - World of Wearable ArtWorld of Wearable ArtThe World of Wearable Art is a museum devoted to wearable art and classic cars located in Nelson, New Zealand, opened in October 2001. It is a tourist attraction...
, a museum and award show in New Zealand
Technology
- Wow (recording)Wow (recording)Wow is a relatively slow form of flutter which can affect both gramophone records and tape recorders. In the latter, the collective expression wow and flutter is commonly used.-Gramophone records:...
, a pitch variation while playing a sound recording caused by a mechanical defect in either the recording medium or the player machine - Wow! signalWow! signalThe Wow! signal was a strong narrowband radio signal detected by Dr. Jerry R. Ehman on August 15, 1977, while working on a SETI project at the Big Ear radio telescope of The Ohio State University then located at Ohio Wesleyan University's Perkins Observatory, Delaware, Ohio. The signal bore...
, a strong radio signal of unknown origin detected by a SETI project in 1977 - Windows on WindowsWindows on WindowsIn computing, Windows on Windows - commonly referred to by its acronym WOW or WoW - is a software component of 32-bit versions of the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems that provides limited support for running legacy Win16 applications - applications written for Windows 3.x...
, an application compatibility layer in 32-bit Microsoft Windows - WoW64WoW64WoW64 is a subsystem of the Windows operating system that is capable of running 32-bit applications and is included on all 64-bit versions of Windows—including Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, IA-64 and x64 versions of Windows Server 2003, as well as 64-bit versions of Windows Vista, Windows...
(Windows-on-Windows 64-bit), an application compatibility layer in 64-bit Microsoft Windows