WS

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Contents 1 Computing 2 Media 3 Scientific 4 Social 5 Places 6 Other

WS, Ws or ws may refer to:

[edit] Computing

• Web services a collection of protocols and standards used for exchanging data between applications
• Wavetable synthesis; the method to generate sound by a digital music synthesizer
• .ws is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Western Samoa
• WS FTP, a File Transfer Protocol client

[edit] Media

• Widescreen an aspect ratio on film, computer, and television images, often expressed as 4:3 or 1.33:1
• White space, in graphic design, abbreviated "ws"
• The W's, a 1990s Christian swing band
• Writer to the Signet, a title for some Scottish solicitors
• Five Ws, a concept in journalism
• WorldShift, a Real Time Strategy game by Black Sea Studios.
• The White Stripes, an American garage rock duo.

[edit] Scientific

• Williams syndrome, a rare genetic disorder
• Severe thunderstorm watch (WS), issued by the Storm Prediction Center
• Werner syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by premature aging
• Women's studies, an academic field devoted to topics concerning women

[edit] Social

• Work safe, a web acronym interchangeable with the more widespread SFW and opposite to the acronym NSFW
• Wa alaykom assalam, Arabic response for greeting
• Watersports, a term referring to the sexual fetish of urolagnia

[edit] Places

• Walsall area postcode in the West Midlands, United Kingdom, covering the area from Walsall, Lichfield to Rugeley.
• Winston-Salem, North Carolina

[edit] Other

• Will Smith, an American actor and rapper
• Wikispecies a sister project of Wikipedia.
• Ware Shoals Railroad (AAR reporting mark WS)
• Weber Shandwick a public relations firm, largest worldwide by revenues.
• WestJet (IATA code)
• World Series, the championship series of Major League Baseball
• Worksheet, a piece of paper often used for writing