Sunday, February 7, 2010

Web 2.0 Terms

user-generated content: This term refers to different kinds of media, which are produces by the end-use; for example, on YouTube.com users post their own videos.

long tail: This is a retail concept of selling a large number of unique items in relatively small quantities, as opposed to a large quantity of only popular items

network as the platform: The concept of moving features normally run on the operating system to the network where they can be access quickly from anywhere.

folksonomy: A system of classification which comes from the use of collaborative tagging to to annotate and categorize content.

syndication: A method of making website material available on many other sites. The most common form of syndication is RSS feeds.

mass collaboration: This action results from large groups of people working independently of one another on a single project (i.e. wiki technology).

computer supported collaboration: Technology that effects affects groups, organizations, communities and societies such as text messaging or social networking.

hosted services: Services like Google's Gmail or Google Docs, which are "hosted" on Google's servers but may be accessed by users from anywhere in the world.

web applications: Any application which is accessed online through a web browser as opposed to an application that runs on the operating system.

social software: Any software systems which allow users to interact and share data from social networking sites like Facebook to online auctions from eBay.

video-sharing sites: Websites like YouTube.com which allow users to upload and share their own digital video content with other users of the site.

wikis: This is a website which allows users to easily and collaboratively edit and produce online content via a web browser (i.e. Wikipedia.org).

blogs: A blog is a website, usually maintained by an individual, to articles, commentary or other forms of media are regularly posted to be viewed by other users.

mashup: Digital media which takes preexisting content from other sources and compiles it together to convey a new or modified meaning.

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