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Not to be confused with OWL framework from Borland.

Or the Web Ontology Language (OWL) [1] whose inconsistent acronym is not in fact a tribute to the spelling-challenged Owl character in Winnie-the-Pooh [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Ontology_Language

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Winnie-the-Pooh_charac...

Or the OWL region in Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostwestfalen-Lippe

TLAs tend to be horribly overloaded and confusing without a very obvious context.

Or the nocturnal bird.

Or, apparently, this: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=the%20owl (NSFW)

This chain is just a little bit too long. Just a little bit. Also most of the OWL in this chain I just don't know (not the bird the rest)

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