# What does 'AWX' stand for?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-does-awx-stand-for/27622>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [May 24, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-does-awx-stand-for/27622 "2018-05-24T21:03:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Matt\_Hickok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Matt\_Hickok](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matt_Hickok)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-does-awx-stand-for/27622/1 "2018-05-24T21:03:53Z")

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Ansible W\*\*\* X\*\*\* ?

What are the W and X?

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Kamalov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Alex\_Kamalov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alex_Kamalov)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-does-awx-stand-for/27622/2 "2018-05-24T21:16:22Z")

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Ansible WorX

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Hickok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Matt\_Hickok](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matt_Hickok)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-does-awx-stand-for/27622/3 "2018-05-25T14:07:25Z")

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Thanks! I eventually found this too 😉

[https://github.com/ansible/awx/commit/5c6895e6065a81f4483dfb6bc7650706f8866e1e](https://github.com/ansible/awx/commit/5c6895e6065a81f4483dfb6bc7650706f8866e1e)

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**Author:** ![Sammy\_Benjamin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Sammy\_Benjamin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sammy_Benjamin)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-does-awx-stand-for/27622/4 "2020-01-15T03:36:44Z")

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Is should be renamed appropriately as ;  
**A** nsible **W** eb e **X** ecutable (AWX)