AWS
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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Examples from the Web for aws
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 BEASTThose 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 BEASTAws 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 HubbardAustrian, aws′tri-an, adj. of or pertaining to Austria, an empire of Central Europe.