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Wow is an expression (interjection) of surprise.

Wow, Wow!, WoW, or WOW may also refer to:

In gaming:

• World of Warcraft, a 2004 massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment
• Worms Open Warfare, a 2006 turn-based artillery Nintendo DS and Sony PSP game
• Worlds of Wonder, an early cross-genre role-playing game
• Wizard of Wor, a 1980 arcade game produced by Midway

In science, technology and the media:

• Wow! signal, a strong radio signal of unknown origin detected by a SETI project in 1977
• Wow (recording), a pitch variation while playing records with off-center holes
  • Wow and flutter measurement, the analysis of these frequency and pitch variations
• Windows on Windows, an application compatibility layer in Microsoft Windows
• WOW, the callsign of a TV station part of WIN Television in remote and regional Western Australia

In business:

• WOW!, an internet, cable, and phone provider
• WOW Alliance, an alliance among airborne cargo carriers
• Woolworths Limited, an Australian retailing company (Australian Stock Exchange code: WOW)
• Worlds of Wonder (toy company), a defunct toy company, notable for producing the "Teddy Ruxpin" doll
• WOW! (online service), a defunct ISP from CompuServe
• Lay's WOW chips, a low-fat brand of potato chips that used Olestra
• WOW Music, a record label

In fiction:

• The War of the Worlds, a novel by H. G. Wells that inspired many other versions
• Wow (film), a 1970 Québécois movie directed by Claude Jutra
• Wow! (comic), a British comic from 1982-1983

In music:

• "Wow" (Kate Bush song), a 1979 single from English singer Kate Bush
• "Wow" (Kylie Minogue song), a 2008 single from Australian-British singer Kylie Minogue
• Wow! (album), a 1987 album by British girl group Bananarama
• Wow (album), a 2006 album by French group Superbus
• WOW Hits, an annual series of compilation albums promoting contemporary Christian music
• WOW (Zhou Bichang album), a 2007 album from Chinese singer Zhou Bichang

Wow can also mean:

• Wau, Sudan, a town in southern Sudan
• War on Want, a UK anti-poverty charity
• Women of Wrestling, a defunct women's wrestling promotion
• Woodmen of the World, a fraternal organization
• WOW (now KXSP), WOW-FM (now KQCH), and WOW-TV (now WOWT-TV), the former call signs of several radio stations and a television station in Omaha, Nebraska, named for the "Woodmen of the World".
• Women of the Wall, a Jewish women's organization that attempts to pray at the Western Wall of Jerusalem
• Weight on Wheels, an aviation term indicating an aircraft is being supported by its landing gear, and is therefore not airborne.
• World of Wearable Art, a museum and award show in New Zealand
• Whip 'Em Out Wednesdays, an unofficial weekly observance created by the Opie and Anthony show which suggests female viewers should remove their tops for motorists who have the WOW sticker.

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