General Acronym Listing by Letter

W
W1YK W1YK
  other notes: W1YK, originally 1YK, is not an acronym, it is the call sign for WPI's Wireless Association.
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~wpiwa/
 
WACT The Worcester Area College Tour
  pronunciation: 'whacked'
  other notes: a tour of Worcester area colleges attended by high school guidance counselors
 
WAD The WPI Acronym Dictionary
  pronunciation: The 'wad'
  Web address: http://wpi.collegeacronyms.org/
 
WAM Worcester Art Museum
  pronunciation: 'wham!'
 
WC Writing Center
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/HUA/WC/
 
WECE Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  pronunciation: 'we-see'
 
WFD Worcester Fire Department
 
WGLC WPI GAC Leadership Conference
 
WICS Women In Computer Science
 
WIN Women's Industrial Network
  pronunciation: 'win'
 
WIS Web Information System
  pronunciation: referred to as 'Banner'
 
WJFC The Writings of James Fenimore Cooper
  Web address: http://www.wjfc.org/
 
WLRL Wireless LAN Research Lab
 
WM Worcester Magazine
  pronunciation: Whoa-Mag
  Web address: http://www.womag.com
 
WMUG WPI Macintosh Users Group
  pronunciation: 'w-mug', 'mug', 'whoopie-mug'
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~wmug/
 
WOOFA WPI Organization of Folk Arts
 
WOW Wings Over Worcester
  pronunciation: Wow
  Web address: www.wingsover.com
 
WPD Worcester Police Department
  pronunciation: 'Whoa-PD', 'Po-Po'
 
WPI Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  pronunciation: Worcester Polytech, Worcester Poly, Worcester Tech, 'Whoopie', 'Whoa Tech", "The 'Tute", Worcester Polytechnic, and Tech
  other notes: formerly WCFIIS and WCIIS
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/
 
WPI Where People Interact
  other notes: As seen on Admissions student ambassador shirts
 
WPI We Plead Insanity
 
WPIAA WPI Alumni Association
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Alumni/Association/
 
WPIC WPI Cable
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/ATC/Facilities/cable.html
 
WPILA WPI Linux Association
  Web address: https://avarice.acm.wpi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wpila
 
WPIOC WPI Outing Club
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~wpioc/
 
WPIVF WPI Venture Forum
  other notes: alternate: VF
  Web address: http://www.wpiventureforum.org/
 
WPIWA WPI Wireless Association
  pronunciation: sometimes 'whoopie-wah'
  other notes: The third oldest college wireless association
  Web address: http://users.wpi.edu/~wpiwa/
 
WPS Worcester Public Schools
  Web address: http://www.wpsweb.com/
 
WS Workstudy
  other notes: Generally refers to federal funds, but not exclusively
 
WSH West Street House
 
WSSRL WPI Secure Systems Research Laboratory
  other notes: CS research group
  Web address: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/~fcco/wssrl.htm
 
WUNDERS Women, Understanding New Dimensions in Engineering Related Sciences
  pronunciation: "wonders"
  other notes: This acronym was forced after GEMS was dropped due to infringement.
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Women/Girls/WUNDERS/
 
WW WPIwiki
  pronunciation: WPI wee-kee
  other notes: Started in A-Term 2005 by Robert Hafner '08. Uncommon as an acronym.
  Web address: http://www.wpiwiki.net/index.php/Main_Page
 
WWPI WPI Radio
  other notes: formerly WPIR
  Web address: http://radio.wpi.edu/
 

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