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Is it one word, or two?

I'm mostly asking because I want to know if in Java naming it should be "webService" or "webservice".

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Such a difficult question can only be answered by a Google Fight. It's no contest: "Web Service" (two words) is the clear winner.

Interestingly, "website" vs. "web site" was the fight of yesterdecade, and the former eventually won out, it seems. For a long time, "web site" was the correct form. Perhaps "webservice" will catch on in the same manner. For now, not so.

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W3C says two words. Check out their glossary on the subject.

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According to Wikipedia: two words.

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In my opinion it should be two words.

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Since you tagged the question web-services, I think you should add "web-service" to the list of possibility. Of course, that doesn't work for Java.

I would use two words for now in case someone unfamiliar with the term is reading your code.

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When Google fight is made correctly, quotation marks around words separated by spaces, there is no clear winner. Google Fight done correctly

I would believe what W3C says and use "web service".