| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| ADW | Assault with a Deadly Weapon |
| ADW | Animal Diversity Web |
| ADW | Akademie Der Wissenschaften (German: Academy of Sciences) |
| ADW | Archdiocese of Washington (Washington, DC) |
| ADW | Advanced Deposit Wagering (horse racing/betting) |
| ADW | Advanced Digital Wireless |
| ADW | Active Data Warehouse |
| ADW | Application Development Workbench |
| ADW | Accidental Damage Waiver (property rental agreement) |
| ADW | Accidental Damage Warranty |
| ADW | Able to do Only What He Wants |
| ADW | Authoritative Data Warehouse |
| ADW | Air Defense Warning |
| ADW | Advances in Accessing Deep Web (Workshop) |
| ADW | Aged and Disabled Waiver (Medicaid) |
| ADW | Agent Defeat Weapon |
| ADW | American Diamond Wholesalers (New York, NY) |
| ADW | Air Defense Wing |
| ADW | Allowable Downtime Windows (Microsoft Windows) |
| ADW | Assistant Deputy Warden |
| ADW | Automatic Dishwasher |
| ADW | Asymptotic Distorted Wave |
| ADW | Area Defense Weapon (antitank weapon) |
| ADW | Advanced Datarate Waveform (US Navy) |
| ADW | Allied Domecq Wine (UK) |
| ADW | Alert Data Warehouse (Alert Life Sciences Computing, S.A.) |
| ADW | Advanced Design Workshop |
| ADW | Automated Data Warehouse |
| ADW | All Dogs Welcome (blog) |