Figured it out! Thanks! Delete if you want.

[Tauren]

Just what is says. I've never heard of it. Is it a sub-domain? If so, how do you set one up?

 

[joohang]

I believe that it stands for "website." I personally find that lame.

 

[b0mbrman]

ws = website

Doh! Trying to be cute with the bold made me second place :<

 

[thEnEuRoMancER]

ws means Western Samoa (island in South Pacific)

link

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Most countries have their own web extensions. New Zealand's ext is .nz, while the United Kingdom's ext is .uk. I'm assuming .ws is an extension of another country.

For example:

www.theregister.co.uk is a United Kingdom website.

See here.

Edit: Or what the other people said...

 

[b0mbrman]

Bah...I was about to say "omigosh, he's right!" after doing a google search and coming up with only funky-sounding sites...but nope, they were all Malaysian

 

[huanaku]

ws means Western Samoa (island in South Pacific)

Yup. When it first came out, they were marketing it as "World Site", now as "WebSite" but it's actually just the country code for Western Samoa.

 

[b0mbrman]

And to put this whole thing to rest, here's a Link

 

[Tauren]

Can you actually register a .ws? I tried a whois search at internic and it doesn't find sh*t!

 

[thEnEuRoMancER]

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