Usually means: Homework, tasks assigned for learning.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word hw:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. HW: Merriam-Webster
  2. HW: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. HW: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. HW, h.w: Collins English Dictionary
  5. HW, Hw, hw, hW: Wordnik
  6. HW, hw: Wiktionary
  7. HW: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. HW: Dictionary.com
  9. HW, Hw: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. HW: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  11. HW: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. HW: Merriam-Webster

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Abbreviations in shipping (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SMS Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. HW: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. HW: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. HW: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. h.w, hw: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. H.W: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Hw)

noun:  (computing) Initialism of hardware. [Fixtures, equipment, tools and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.]
noun:  Initialism of heightless weight.
noun:  Initialism of high water. [(uncountable) The location of high tide on a coastal area.]
noun:  (text messaging) Initialism of homework. [Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.]
noun:  Initialism of Hot Wheels. [(informal) A scale model car created by Hot Wheels.]
noun:  (text messaging) Abbreviation of homework. [Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.]
noun:  (computing) Abbreviation of hardware. [Fixtures, equipment, tools and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.]

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