QW may refer to:
QWERTY (, ) is a keyboard design for Latin-script alphabets. The name comes from the order of the first six keys on the top left letter row of the keyboard (Q W E R T Y).
Qwest Communications International, Inc. was a large United States telecommunications carrier. Qwest provided local service in 14 western and midwestern U.S.
The People's Republic of China-developed QW-1 Vanguard (Qian Wei in Chinese) is an all-aspect man-portable surface-to-air missile, from which a series of missiles were developed.
Qwest Corporation is a Bell Operating Company owned by CenturyLink. It was formerly named U S WEST Communications, Inc.
The QWERTZ or QWERTZU keyboard is a typewriter and keyboard layout widely used in Central Europe.
Qwant is a French company that was founded by security specialist Éric Leandri, investor Jean Manuel Rozan and search-engine expert Patrick Constant in 2011. It launched its eponymous web search engine in July 2013. It claims not to employ user tracking, and it doesn't personalize search results in order to avoid trapping users in a filter bubble.The website processes well over 10 million search requests per day and over 50 million individual users a month worldwide, spread over its three main entry points: the normal homepage, a 'lite' version and a 'Qwant Junior' portal for children that filters results.The company claims it makes money through commissions it receives when users visit websites like eBay and Tripadvisor from its search results.In March 2017, press articles suggest that Qwant search results are mainly based on Bing search results, except in France and Germany.
Qward is a fictional world existing within an anti-matter universe that is part of the DC Comics Universe.
The Qwartz Electronic Music Awards recognize new and electronic music with awards and grants in music and technologies categories.