WS

WS, Ws or ws may refer to:

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

Media

*Widescreen an aspect ratio on film, computer, and television images, often expressed as 16:9 or 1.78:1
*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.

cientific

*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

ocial

*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

Places

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

Other

*Writers to the Signet, a post-nominal abbreviation for members of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet in the Scottish legal profession.
*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