"HWB" meaning in English

See HWB in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} HWB
  1. (baseball, historical) Initialism of Hawaii Winter Baseball. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Hawaii Winter Baseball
    Sense id: en-HWB-en-name-xG~Rsfan Categories (other): Baseball Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Noun

Forms: HWBs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} HWB (countable and uncountable, plural HWBs)
  1. (computing) Initialism of Hardware Write Block device (specialized type of computer hard disk controller). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Hardware Write Block device (extra: specialized type of computer hard disk controller) Synonyms (Hardware Write Block): forensic disk controller
    Sense id: en-HWB-en-noun-HPcgIG6n Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 64 17 3 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 19 59 13 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 13 49 11 6 5 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 54 8 3 5 17 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Hardware Write Block': 91 7 2
  2. (computing) Initialism of Hue Whiteness Blackness, a cylindrical-coordinate representation of points in an RGB color model. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Hue Whiteness Blackness (extra: a cylindrical-coordinate representation of points in an RGB color model) Related terms (Hue Whiteness Blackness): HSL, HSV
    Sense id: en-HWB-en-noun-mzVFHPTr Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Hue Whiteness Blackness': 4 95 1
  3. (education) Initialism of Hwb (Digital Learning for Wales), a website and collection of online tools provided to all schools in Wales, UK. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Hwb (extra: (Digital Learning for Wales), a website and collection of online tools provided to all schools in Wales, UK)
    Sense id: en-HWB-en-noun-9BiiFTox Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, Education Topics: education

Inflected forms

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