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Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is a private university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, founded in 1834 as Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute, moved from the town of Wake Forest in 1956, and named a university in 1967; motto Pro Humanitate, Demon Deacons, 9,633 students.
Wake fraction
Wake fraction is a dimensionless coefficient in ship propulsion expressing how much the water at the propeller is slowed by the hull's passage, entering propeller load and efficiency predictions.
Wake in Fright
Wake in Fright (1971), also released internationally as Outback, is a Ted Kotcheff Australian thriller based on Kenneth Cook's 1961 novel, starring Gary Bond and Donald Pleasence; its negative was found in Pittsburgh and the film restored in 2009 and 2024.
Wake Island
Wake Island is a U.S. Pacific atoll of three coral islets (Wake, Peale, Wilkes) with no fresh water or native population, defended in December 1941, surrendered December 23, and now a military airfield.
Wake Island (1942 film)
Wake Island (1942) is a John Farrow Paramount war film with Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, and William Bendix, dramatizing the December 1941 defense of Wake Atoll; it earned four Oscar nominations and founded the WWII combat film genre.
Wake Me Up (Avicii song)
"Wake Me Up" is a 2013 Avicii song, lead single of True, fusing folk and EDM with vocals by Aloe Blacc and guitar by Mike Einziger; No. 1 in over 25 countries, 4x Platinum, over 3 billion Spotify streams.
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" is a 1984 Wham! single written and produced by George Michael, from a Ridgeley note typo; first UK and US number one for the duo, from Make It Big.
Wake Me Up When September Ends
"Wake Me Up When September Ends" is a Green Day song, track 11 on the 2004 album American Idiot and a 2005 single, written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool about the September 1982 death of Armstrong's father.
Wake no Kiyomaro
Wake no Kiyomaro (和気清麻呂, 733–799) was a Nara-period Japanese statesman whose 769 oracle from Usa Hachiman blocked the monk Dōkyō's bid for the imperial throne.
Wake One
Wake One (웨이크원), styled WAKEONE, is a South Korean entertainment agency founded by CJ ENM in 2021, known for managing ZEROBASEONE, Kep1er, izna, and ALPHA DRIVE ONE.
Wake therapy
Wake therapy is a chronobiological depression treatment in which the patient stays awake part or all of the night, usually with bright light and a shifted sleep schedule.
Wake turbulence
Wake turbulence, also called wake vortex, is the disturbed air left behind an aircraft in flight, chiefly counter-rotating wingtip vortices from lift that can force trailing aircraft out of control.
Wake Up (BTS album)
Wake Up is BTS's first Japanese-language studio album, released December 24, 2014 on Pony Canyon; 13 tracks mixing Japanese versions of early Korean songs with originals "Wake Up" and "The Stars"; peaked at number 3 on Oricon.
Wake Up Barstool
Wake Up Barstool is a daily two-hour sports talk show on FS1, premiered September 2, 2025, hosted by rotating Barstool Sports personalities including Dave Portnoy, Big Cat, and PFT Commenter, born from a 2025 Barstool–Fox Sports partnership.
Wake Up Dead Man
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is Rian Johnson's 2025 third Benoit Blanc film, starring Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, and Josh Brolin in a church-set locked-room murder mystery released by Netflix.
Wake Up Sid
Wake Up Sid (वेक अप सिड) is a 2009 Hindi coming-of-age film, Ayan Mukerji's directorial debut, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma; produced by Dharma Productions, released 2 October 2009, a Semi-Hit grossing ₹27.95 cr net in India.
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004) is a direct-to-video alternative cut of Anchorman, built by Adam McKay from outtakes and a cut terrorist-group subplot, released with Anchorman DVDs.
Wake word detection
Wake word detection is the continuous, on-device monitoring of an audio stream for a specific phrase like "Hey Siri" that activates a voice assistant, a special case of keyword spotting.
Wake-on-LAN
Wake-on-LAN (WOL), also called remote wake-up, is a networking standard that lets a computer in a low-power state be switched on remotely by a magic packet sent to its network adapter.
Wake-up call service
A wake-up call service is a telephone arrangement in which a subscriber, usually a hotel guest, is called at a pre-requested time to serve as the alarm.
Wake-up effect in ferroelectric hafnia
The wake-up effect in ferroelectric hafnia is the increase in remanent polarization of HfO2 films during early electric-field cycling, first recognized after ferroelectricity in hafnia was reported in 2011.
WAKE-UP trial
WAKE-UP trial (Efficacy and Safety of MRI-based Thrombolysis in Wake-Up Stroke), also called MRI-Guided Thrombolysis trial: European randomized placebo-controlled trial (503 patients, NEJM 2018) showing alteplase benefits wake-up stroke patients selected by DWI-FLAIR mismatch.
Wakeboarding
Wakeboarding, a water sport towing a rider on a binding-equipped board behind a boat or cable system; also called wake. Boat and cable disciplines, WWA founded 1989 by Jimmy Redmon, judged trick runs.
Wakefield
Wakefield: cathedral city in West Yorkshire on the River Calder, a medieval 'Merrie City' and inland port for coal, corn, and wool; birthplace of Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.
Wakefield Cup
The Wakefield Cup is a perpetual international trophy for rubber-powered free-flight model aircraft, first awarded in 1928 and now the F1B trophy at FAI world championships.
Wakefit
Wakefit is an Indian home and furnishings company in Bengaluru, founded in 2016 as an online mattress brand and listed on Indian stock exchanges in December 2025.
Wakfu (TV series)
Wakfu, also known as Wakfu: The Animated Series, is a French animated series by Ankama Animations. It follows Yugo, an orphan who discovers his powers and searches for his family.
Wakhan
Wakhan (Wakhan Corridor) is a high-mountain region and panhandle of Badakhshan, Afghanistan, about 350 km long, reaching China's Xinjiang; created 1873–1895 as a Russo-British buffer, inhabited by Wakhi and Kyrgyz, with a new road to China opened in 2026.
Wakhan Corridor
Wakhan Corridor: narrow northeastern Afghan panhandle, Afghanistan's only border with China (Wakhjir Pass). Created 1895 as a British-Russian Great Game buffer; border closed; Taliban road to China unbuilt.
Wakhi language
Wakhi (X̌ik), also known as Vakhi, is an endangered Eastern Iranian language of the Pamir region, spoken by roughly 40,000 people in mountain valleys of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, and China.