PWI

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Noun

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PWI (plural PWIs)

  1. Initialism of process window index.
  2. Initialism of predominantly (or primarily) white institution (in education).
    • 2012 August 1, Robert T. Palmer, Adriel A. Hilton, Tiffany Patrice Fountaine, Black Graduate Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, IAP, →ISBN, page 46:
      [] one attended a PWI for her undergraduate degree and earned her master's and doctorate from an HBCU; one participant attended a PWI for his bachelor's degree, an HBCU for his master's, and is currently pursuing a doctorate at a PWI []
    • 2015 July 1, Ted N. Ingram, Derek Greenfield, Joelle D. Carter, Adriel A. Hilton, Exploring Issues of Diversity within HBCUs, IAP, →ISBN, page 189:
      [] HBCUs. Much of the majority as minority research on the experiences of White students in the HBCU used Schwitzer, Griffin, Ancis, and Thomas' (1999) model of the social adjustment of Black students to a PWI as the framework (Closson []

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PWI

  1. Initialism of Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
  2. (computing) Initialism of Public Windows Interface.
  3. (video games) Initialism of Perfect World International.
  4. (India, sports) Initialism of Pune Warriors India.

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