Monday, February 15, 2010

Web 2.0 terms

User-generated content: refers to various types of media that are available to the public and people who these them have the ability to share information and communicate with other users.


Long-tail: a retailing idea that generates good profit by selling a large number of unique items in small quantities. It also includes selling large quantities of less popular items.


Network as Platform: Uses core network functions through open-source software instead of computer hardware. This allows for users to expand on the original model of this network and create new components. It also allows the administrator to decide how each component runs, giving it more versatility since it is not running on a single system


Folksonomy: a system of classification that allows users to collaboratively tag and label all sorts of things. This is clearly used in things such as Facebook and MySpace.

Web Syndication: when a website is available on or through other sites. It includes web feeds that connect people to a site or explanations of what the website includes.

Mass collaboration: a collective action between a large group of people working together on separate parts of a single project. Online tools such as wiki’s are commonly used to share information.

Computer supported collaboration: research that focuses on technology that affects groups, organizations, communities and societies. Includes texting, voice mail, and its impact on work activities and relationships

Social-Software: Software that allows users to communicate and share information. Examples are site such as Facebook, Myspace, YouTube, and social-networking sites.

Web hosting services: Companies that provide space on an owned or leased server that allows individuals to create their own website and share it with everyone through the web.

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