Sunday, February 7, 2010

web 2.0 terms

1. User-generated content refers to media content that is created by users. Users are now able to contribute their own applications and comments on the website.

2. Long Tail is a term referring to the retail strategy consisting of selling a large number of items in small quantities.

3. Network as a platform refers to the idea that users can run software-applications through a browser.

4. Folksonomy is a classification system that includes creating tags to categorize content.

5. Syndication is the sale of broadcast material to multiple stations, rather than going through a broadcast network.

6. Mass collaboration occurs when a large number of people work on one project individually.

7. Computer-supported collaboration is research focusing on technology affecting organizations, groups, and societies. Examples of these are voicemail and text messaging.

8. Hosted services allow individuals and organizations to create their own website accessible to all through the World Wide Web.

9. Web applications are applications accessed through a web browser over a network, i.e. the internet.

10. Social-software is a range of systems that allow users to interact and share data with one another.

11. Video-sharing sites are websites that allow users to interact with other users with their own content, such as video clips.

12. Wikis are websites allowing for the creation and editing of any number of interlinked webpages.

13. Blogs are usually maintained by the individual, and set up for commentary, description of events, and graphics or video.

14. Mashups are websites that combine data or functionality from more than one source to create a new service.

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