On Friday 18 July 2003 03:30 pm, George Gambill wrote:
> I am familiar with such endings as .com, .edu, .gov.  But, what is the
> significances of ".us" and ".ws"?

The .com, .org, .net, .edu, .gov, and .mil domains are supposedly generic 
domains that describe a TYPE of domain, not a location.  In reality, most of 
of those domains are U.S. based.

The .us and .ws domains are examples of country-specific domain (for the 
United States and Western Samoa, respectively).  All countries have a two 
letter domain that is theirs to do with as they please.  Some countries are 
pretty strict about who they give their domains to and some aren't (.cx, .to, 
and .tv come to mind).

You can see a full list of international domain extensions here: 
http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm