AWS

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abbreviation for

automatic warning system: a train safety system which gives audible warnings about the signals being passed, and can apply the brakes automatically if necessary

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Words nearby AWS

word to the wise, a, A word to the wise is sufficient, world of good, a, AWRE, awry, AWS, aw-shucks, awsome, AWU, ax, axanthopsia

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How to use AWS in a sentence

When companies sign up for AWS, they choose a geographical location for their data.
Blame It on the Cloud: Amazon Outage Shows Peril of Outsourcing Data|Daniel Gross|October 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Those affected Tuesday morning were clients whose data was stored at an Amazon Web Services (AWS) facility in Northern Virginia.
Blame It on the Cloud: Amazon Outage Shows Peril of Outsourcing Data|Daniel Gross|October 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Aws ut wuz in th' beginnin', uz now awn ever shawl be, worl' wi'out end—Aamen!
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 2 of 14|Elbert Hubbard
Austrian, aws′tri-an, adj. of or pertaining to Austria, an empire of Central Europe.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various