War War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...

is a large-scale armed conflict and the term is used as a metaphor for non-military conflicts. War or WAR may also refer to:

Places

War, West Virginia War is a city in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 690 at the 2020 census. War was incorporated in 1920 by the Circuit Court of McDowell County. Its name is derived from War Creek, whose confluence with Dry F ...

* War Creek, a stream in West Virginia *

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Av ...

county in England, standard code

Music

Performers

War (band) War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk/ rock/soul band from Long Beach, California, known for several hit songs (including " Spill the Wine", " The World Is a Ghetto", " The Cisco Kid", " Why Can't We Be Friends?", " Lo ...

, an American 1970s funk band

Albums

* ''War'' (Bolt Thrower album), 2010 * ''War'' (Born from Pain album), 2006 * ''War'' (Demon Hunter album), 2019 * ''War'' (U2 album), 1983 * ''War'' (War album), by the American band * '' W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)'', by American hip hop artist Pharoahe Monch

Songs

* "War" (Bob Marley song), 1976 * "War" (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song), 1998 * "War" (Drake song), 2019 * "War" (Henry Cow song), 1975 * "War" (King Von song), 2022 * "War" (Pop Smoke song), featuring Lil Tjay, 2019 * "War" (The Temptations song), 1970, also covered by Edwin Starr * "War?", by System of a Down from ''

System of a Down System of a Down (also known as SoaD or simply System) is an Armenian-American heavy metal band formed in Glendale, California, in 1994. Since 1997, the band has consisted of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards); Daron Malakian (guitar, voc ...

'' * "War", by

ArrDee Riley Davies (born 17 September 2002), known professionally as ArrDee, is a British rapper. His debut mixtape, '' Pier Pressure'', was released on 18 March 2022. Early life Davies was born and raised in Brighton, England. On growing up in Br ...

and Aitch, 2022 * "War", by Bathory from '' Bathory'' * "War", by Burzum from '' Burzum'' * "War", by Devin Townsend from '' Infinity'' * "WAR!", by DragonForce from '' Reaching into Infinity'' * "War", by Good Charlotte from ''

Youth Authority ''Youth Authority'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band Good Charlotte. The band went on hiatus following the release of ''Cardiology'' (2010), with the members shifting focus to their families. During this downtime, Benji and Joel Ma ...

'' * "War", by Idles from '' Ultra Mono'' * "War", by James Horner from '' Avatar: Music from the Motion Picture'' * "War", by Jay Sean from '' All or Nothing'' * "War", by Joe Satriani from ''

The Extremist ''The Extremist'' is the fourth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on July 21, 1992 through Relativity Records The album is one of Satriani's most popular releases and his highest-charting to date, reaching No. 22 on the U.S. ''Bil ...

'' * "War", by Judas Priest from ''

Nostradamus Michel de Nostredame (December 1503 – July 1566), usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book '' Les Prophéties'' (published in 1555), a collection ...

'' * "War", by Linkin Park from ''The Hunting Party'' * "War", by Meshuggah from '' Rare Trax'' * "War", by OutKast from ''

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below ''Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'' is the fifth studio album by American hip hop duo Outkast. It was released on September 23, 2003, by Arista Records. Issued as a double album, its length of over two hours is spread across solo albums from both ...

'' * "War", by Persuader from '' The Fiction Maze'' * "War", by Poets of the Fall from ''

Twilight Theater ''Twilight Theater'' is the fourth studio album by the Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall. It was released in Finland as well as on iTunes on 17 March 2010

'' * "War", by Sean Kingston from '' Tomorrow'' * "War", by Shadows Fall from ''Retribution'' (uses same lyrics as Bob Marley's song "War") * "War", by Wumpscut from '' Embryodead'' * "War!", by

Zach Callison Zachry Dean Callison (born October 23, 1997) is an American actor and singer. He is primarily known as the titular voice of Cartoon Network's ''Steven Universe'', and its follow-ups '' Steven Universe: The Movie'' and ''Steven Universe Future''. ...

from ''A Picture Perfect Hollywood Heartbreak'' * "

The War Song "The War Song" is a song by British band Culture Club, featuring background vocals from Clare Torry. It was released as the lead single from the band's third album, ''Waking Up with the House on Fire'' (1984), in September 1984. The song becam ...

", by Culture Club * "Street Fighter (War)", by Sick Puppies from '' Tri-Polar''; used in commercials for the game ''Street Fighter IV''

Computing

* Write after read, a data dependency hazard *

WAR (file format) In software engineering, a WAR file (Web Application Resource or Web application ARchive) is a file used to distribute a collection of JAR-files, JavaServer Pages, Java Servlets, Java classes, XML files, tag libraries, static web pages (HTML and ...

(''Web application ARchive''), a file format used to package Java applications * early versions of Decwar, a pioneering multi-user computer game *

War dialing Wardialing (or war dialing) is a technique to automatically scan a list of telephone numbers, usually dialing every number in a local area code to search for modems, computers, bulletin board systems (computer servers) and fax machines. Hacker ...

, the act of detecting online, modem-accessible systems by having a computer dial a set of numbers *

Wardriving Wardriving is the act of searching for Wi-Fi wireless networks, usually from a moving vehicle, using a laptop or smartphone. Software for wardriving is freely available on the internet. Warbiking, warcycling, warwalking and similar use the sam ...

, the act of detecting wireless networking systems detecting by driving around with a Wi-Fi-equipped device *

Warchalking Warchalking is the drawing of symbols in public places to advertise an open Wi-Fi network. Inspired by hobo symbols, the warchalking marks were conceived by a group of friends in June 2002 and publicised by Matt Jones who designed the set of ic ...

, notices drawn to alert people to the presence of Wi-Fi networks

Organizations

White Aryan Resistance White Aryan Resistance (WAR) is a white supremacist and neo-Nazi organization in the United States which was founded and formerly led by former Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon Tom Metzger. It is based in Warsaw, Indiana, and it is also incorporated ...

, an Indiana neo-Nazi white supremacist organization * Wyatt Archaeological Research, an organization founded by amateur archaeologist

Ron Wyatt Ronald Eldon Wyatt (June 2, 1933 – August 4, 1999) was an American nurse anesthetist noted for advocating the Durupınar site in Turkey as the location of Noah's Ark's landing place, along with almost 100 other alleged biblically-related disco ...

Voina Voina ( rus, Война, p=vɐjˈna, a=Ru-война.ogg, t=War) is a Russian street art, street-art group known for their provocative and politically charged works of performance art. The group has had more than sixty members, including former a ...

(meaning "War" in Russian), a Moscow-based performance artist collective *

Women Against Registry Women Against Registry (W.A.R.) is a U.S. non-profit organization, based in Arnold, Missouri, which works to obtain changes in laws affecting sex offenders. Most W.A.R. members are mothers, wives, girlfriends, and other family members of persons c ...

, a sex offender law reform organization

Wrestling

WAR (wrestling promotion) Wrestle Association R (formerly known as Wrestle and Romance and abbreviated as WAR) was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded and run by Genichiro Tenryu as the successor to Super World of Sports, and which lasted from 1992 to 20 ...

, a Japanese professional wrestling promotion known as Wrestle Association R * Wrestling Academy Rorbas, a Swiss professional wrestling promotion * W.A.R. Wrestling, an American independent wrestling promotion

Comics

War comics War comics is a genre of comic books that gained popularity in English-speaking countries following World War II. History American war comics Shortly after the birth of the modern comic book in the mid- to late 1930s, comics publishers began incl ...

, the genre of comics * War (TMNT), a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character *

War (Marvel Comics) War is the name of three fictional characters, who are supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Two are discussed here: both members of the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse. The first War (real name unknown) and Ab ...

, about the Marvel Comics characters * ''The War'' (comics), a 1989 Marvel Comics limited series set in that company's New Universe

Games

War (card game) War (also known as Battle in the United Kingdom) is a simple card game, typically played by two players using a standard playing card deck — and often played by children. There are many variations, as well as related games such as the Germa ...

, a two player card game typically using Anglo-American playing card deck * a Brazilian variation of the board game ''Risk'' * '' WARS Trading Card Game'' by Decipher * ''Wars'' (series), a Nintendo video game series * '' Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning'', a 2008 MMO video game * '' W.A.R.'', a 1986 video game

Film and television

War film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

, a genre of film of which the central plot focuses on a large-scale armed conflict * ''War'' (miniseries), a 1983 Canadian television miniseries * ''War'' (2002 film), a 2002 Russian film about the Second Chechen War * "War" (''Da Ali G Show''), a 2003 episode * ''War'' (2007 film), a 2007 Jet Li and Jason Statham film * '' War, Inc.'', a 2008 American political satire film * ''War'' (2014 film), a 2014 Swiss film * ''War'' (2019 film), an Indian action thriller film directed by Siddharth Anand

Others

* ''War'' (painting), painting by Paula Rego *

War language War (also spelled Waar), also known as War-Jaintia, is an Austroasiatic language spoken by about 16,000 people in Bangladesh and 51,000 people in India.Sidwell, Paul. 2018. ''The Khasian Languages: Classification, Reconstruction, and Comparative ...

(also spelled Waar), spoken in the Indian subcontinent *

(also known as Wars), legendary character from the myth of founding of the city of Warsaw * ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 code for the

Waray language Waray (also known as Waray-Waray or Bisaya/Binisaya nga Winaray/Waray) is an Austronesian language and the fifth-most-spoken native regional language of the Philippines, native to Eastern Visayas. It is the native language of the Waray people ...

in the Philippines * One of the

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are figures in the Christian scriptures, first appearing in the Book of Revelation, a piece of apocalypse literature written by John of Patmos. Revelation 6 tells of a book or scroll in God's right hand t ...

* War (Junger book), a 2010 book by Sebastian Junger about Afghanistan * War (novel), a 1996 novel by Simon Hawke *

War, Literature & the Arts ''War, Literature & the Arts'' is an American literary magazine that publishes stories, poems, essays, reviews, and visuals related to war and military affairs. It was established in 1989 and is based at the United States Air Force Academy in Color ...

, an American military literary magazine *

Wins Above Replacement Wins Above Replacement or Wins Above Replacement Player, commonly abbreviated to WAR or WARP, is a non-standardized sabermetric baseball statistic developed to sum up "a player's total contributions to his team". A player's WAR value is claimed to ...

, a sabermetric baseball statistic * W.A.R., the Winchester Automatic Rifle, see Winchester model 30 * Rivalry and competition between companies offering a certain service or product, such as: ** console wars **

browser wars A browser war is competition for dominance in the usage share of web browsers. The "first browser war," (1995-2001) pitted Microsoft's Internet Explorer against Netscape's Navigator. Browser wars continued with the decline of Internet Explore ...

editor war The editor war is the rivalry between users of the Emacs and vi (now usually Vim, or more recently Neovim) text editors. The rivalry has become an enduring part of hacker culture and the free software community. The Emacs versus vi debate was o ...