Web 2.0 Terms

user-generated content- various kinds of media content, publicly available, produced by end-users
long tail- refers to the diversification of products- not the top percentile of purchases
network as platform- the network is the engine that drives communication technologies such as data, video, voice, and mobility- collaborative communication
folksonomy- system of classification- collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content
syndication- making web feeds available from a site in order to provide other people with a summary of recently added content
mass collaboration- collective action that occurs when large numbers of people work independently on a single project
computer supported collaboration- technology that affects groups, organizations, communities and societies
web applications- application accessed over a web browser- popular because of the ability to update and maintain them without having to install software to all clients
social-software-software systems that allow users to interact and share data (ie social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace, etc)
video-sharing sites- websites where users can distribute their video clips (most popular- YouTube)
wikis- website that allows easy creation of interlinked web pages (wikipedia)
blogs- type of website- contains regularly updated entries (like diary entries, videos, etc)
mashup- web page of application that combines data from 2+ external sources to create a new service