Web 2.0 Applications
What are web browsers?
A software application for accessing and viewing web pages
What is LinkedIn?
A professional social network that connects people with professional colleagues
What is a blog?
A website that functions as an online journal
What is gmail?
A browser based email application, similar to email applications you might expect to see installed on a desktop/laptop computer
What is a podcast?
A series of audio or video files that are broadcast over the Internet
What is a platform?
Environment that supports creating and running software applications
What is Twitter?
A social media site that allows you to express what you are doing in 140 characters or less
What is a news feed?
The log of a user's activity on a social network shared with friends
What is flickr?
Flickr is a photo-sharing platform and social network where users upload photos for others to see
What is Folksonomy?
The collective result of what happens when different people apply tags to the same online content
What is a plug-in?
A software component that enables dynamic, animated display and functionality within the web browser
What is Privacy Policy?
Guidelines for how a social network will use personal information of its members
What is taxonomy?
A methodical, scientific way of unambiguously classifying information
What is youtube?
An online community website for people to upload and watch videos and store videos that can be embedded in other web sites
RSS stands for...
RSS (RDF Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) is a web feed that allows users and applications to access updates to websites in a standardized, computer-readable format.
What is tabbed browsing?
Allows users to open new Web pages in a single browser window
What are Fan pages?
A marketing tool with which companies can share information, promote products, and offer special deals or coupons to customers
What is embedded content?
Content that appears as part of a web page while residing on a different server
What is Wikipedia?
A collaborative online encyclopedia that relies on its contributors to write, review, and update articles it contains
What is a profile?
This contains your personal information, including name, email, gender, age, and a photo
What are Dot-coms?
Companies that took advantage of the global reach of the Internet
What is a social media application?
This application informs, educates, and entertains through shared blog posts, book marks, ages, music, videos, podcasts and other online media
What is syndication?
The process of making a summary of a web site's information available to other web site's and applications
What is 140?
The amount of characters allowed in a Tweet
What is a wiki?
A collection of searchable, linked web pages that users can create or edit collaboratively