WAS

WAS

WAS is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:In reference to Washington, D.C.:
*Washington Nationals, Major League Baseball team
*Washington Capitals, National Hockey League team
*Washington Redskins, National Football League team
*Washington Wizards, National Basketball Association team

Software:
*WebSphere Application Server, an IBM application server
*SAP Web Application Server, an SAP AG application server
*Windows Activation Services, a container for hosting WCF services

Other:
*We Are Scientists, an American indie rock band
*Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, an X-linked recessive disease, or Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein, mutations in which cause the disease
*Waynesburg Southern Railroad,
*Was, is the Egyptian hieroglyph for "power".
*"Was", a short story in William Faulkner's "Go Down, Moses"
*"Was" (novel), a novel by Geoff Ryman
*"Was??", a musical composition by Folke Rabe
*Worked All States, an amateur radio award issued by the American Radio Relay League


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