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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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noun Computers. a remote computer or a computer program that delivers web pages to a user's computer, or a client, upon request from a web browser.
A web service is a software system that supports interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. It has an interface described in a machine-processable format (specifically, web Service Definition Language, or WSDL). web services fulfill a specific task or a set of tasks.
Most web services provide an API, which, with its set of commands and functions, is used to retrieve data. Here's one example: Twitter delivers an API that authorizes a developer access tweets from a server and then collects data in JSON format.
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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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