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My Definition of Web 2.0 A group of technologies which have become deeply associated with the term: blogs, wikis, podcasts, RSS feeds etc., which facilitate a more socially connected Web where everyone is able to add to and edit the information space.

The term ‘Web 2.0’ was officially coined in 2004 by Dale Dougherty, a vice-president of O’Reilly Media Inc. (the company famous for its technology-related conferences and high quality books) during a team discussion on a potential future conference about the Web.

"Media coverage of Web 2.0 concentrates on the common applications/services such as blogs, video sharing, social networking and podcasting—a more socially connected Web in which people can contribute as much as they can consume. (source: [|What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education by Paul Anderson])

=It has, at its heart, a set of at least six powerful ideas that are changing the way some people interact:=

**3)** **Tagging and social bookmarking** --- e.g. Delicious, Diigo, Stumbleupon,
====**4) Multimedia sharing** --- e.g. YouTube (videos), Flickr (photographs), and Odeo (podcasts) --- these popular services take the idea of the ‘writeable’ Web (where users are not just consumers but contribute actively to the production of Web content) and enable it on a massive scale.====

**10 related glossary terms and definitions **
====**Blog -** short for web-log,websites or web components where posted entries are displayed in reverse chronological order. The blog 'owner' has control over content postings allowing or not allowing others to post replies to the original entry. Blogs may function as personal online diaries, or provide information or commentary on a particular topic. ==== ====**Folksonomy** - a collection of tags created by an individual for their own personal use; a way of classifying and categorizing information on the web through collaborative means from the online community. Also referred to as 'tagging', 'social tagging', or 'social indexing'. ====

**Collabulary** - a collective vocabulary
====**Podcasts** - audio recordings, usually in MP3 format, of talks, interviews and lectures, which can be played either on a desktop computer or on a wide range of handheld MP3 devices. A podcast is made by creating an MP3 format audio file (using a voice recorder or similar device), uploading the file to a host server, and then making the world aware of its existence through the use of RSS. Podcast listeners subscribe to the RSS feeds and receive information about new podcasts as they become available. ====

**Mashup** - a web application that combines data from 2 or more sources into a single tool.
====**RSS** - (really simple syndication) a web feed which contains a summary of content from a website or the full text. It allows people to automatically keep up with the updates of their preferred websites without having to regularly check them manually ** Web Applications - ** applications that make it possible to run programs directly on the web without additional software  **Wiki-** website that allows multiple users to change and update content collaboratively from their own computers ====

**Ajax** (JavaScript and XML) - web programs or techniques that are utilized for users to interact with web 2.0 applications
====**Tagging/Tags** - keywords used to describe a piece of data — be it a web page, a digital photo, or another type of digital document. A way of organizing digital images by keywords and categories. ====