Friday, April 24, 2009

Web 2.0

AJAX: A programming tool for web-based applications that makes them faster and more dynamic, like traditional PC-based apps

Blog: A simple, easy-to-use Web publishing platform

Mashups: Tools that combine data drawn from two different sources

RSS: A protocol that syndicates and distributes content to users who subscribe to it

Social media: Tools that allow voting and other democratic techniques for identifying and ranking content

Tagging: User-generated keywords that help others identify and find content

Wiki: A tool that lets groups of people collaborate on documents

XML: A computer protocol that makes information easier to share between applications