OWS may refer to
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Occupy Wall Street, a political protest starting in 2011 that originated in New York City at Zucotti Park
* OGC Web Service Common, a standard of the
Open Geospatial Consortium
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is an international voluntary consensus standards organization that develops and maintains international standards for geospatial content and location-based services, sensor web, Internet of Things, Geographi ...
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Oil–water separator
An oil water separator (OWS) is a piece of equipment used to separate oil and water mixtures into their separate components. There are many different types of oil-water separator. Each has different oil separation capability and are used in differ ...
, a device to separate oil and water
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Oily water separator, shipboard equipment
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Open water swimming
Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. Competitive open water swimming is governed by the International Swimming Federation, World Aquatics (formerly kno ...
, outdoor swimming in open lakes, rivers, and oceans
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Open Whisper Systems, a nonprofit open-source software group
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Open Window School, a private school located in
Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue ( ) is a city in the Eastside (King County, Washington), Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area, and the f ...
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Operation Warp Speed, the United States national program to accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics.
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Opioid
Opioids are a class of Drug, drugs that derive from, or mimic, natural substances found in the Papaver somniferum, opium poppy plant. Opioids work on opioid receptors in the brain and other organs to produce a variety of morphine-like effects, ...
Withdrawal Syndrome
* Optional White Space (computer science), sometimes used when defining a grammar or protocol specification, see
Metasyntax
A metasyntax is a syntax used to define the syntax of a programming language or formal language. It describes the allowable structure and composition of phrases and sentences of a metalanguage, which is used to describe either a natural langua ...
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Order of World Scouts
The Order of World Scouts (OWS), founded in 1911, is the oldest international Scout organisation. It is headquartered in England and has an administration headquarters in Italy.
As of November 2008, the Order of World Scouts includes member ass ...
, the first international Scouting organisation
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Oritsé Williams, former member of JLS
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Overhead Weapon Station, a remote weapon station
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Ocean Weather Ship (or Station), a past programme involving meteorological ships located in the ocean for use in weather forecasting
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