# Etymology of AWX

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/etymology-of-awx/25822>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [October 25, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/etymology-of-awx/25822 "2017-10-25T19:46:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Musee\_Ullah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Musee\_Ullah](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Musee_Ullah)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/etymology-of-awx/25822/1 "2017-10-25T19:46:23Z")

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I’m a bit curious and can’t seem to find anything about this, but is AWX an acronym (and if so, what’s it an acronym of?)/how did the name come to be?

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**Author:** ![Chris\_Church](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Chris\_Church](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Church)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/etymology-of-awx/25822/2 "2017-10-25T20:01:49Z")

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It used to be called AWX in the beginning ([https://www.ansible.com/blog/2013/08/05/supercharge-ansible-with-ansibleworks-awx-1-2](https://www.ansible.com/blog/2013/08/05/supercharge-ansible-with-ansibleworks-awx-1-2)), when the company was also called AnsibleWorks.