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What is Web 2.0
This term has become quite common of late. Usually, it is used to refer to blogs, wikis, social networking sites etc. Well, Web 2.0 just refers to any site that allows collaboration or some engagement or action from visitors while they are on the site. In the early days of the Web and the Internet, most websites were made up of static pages i.e. the website's content could only be altered or added to by the webmaster; the visitor's job was to read what had been placed there. But, what hath God wrought! Some ingenious designers/people thought of ways of encouraging participation from the visitors. And what do we have now? Comments on blogs and wikis, posts and threads on Internet forums, upload capabilities of files and images from visitors, real-time chatting and many more.
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Web 2.0 applications are many but I will discuss a few of them here (just those that are well known and are popular).
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Wiki
What's a wiki site? A wiki is a site that allows many people to add, edit and even delete web pages. Each page on this site is called a wiki page and the collection of these pages is called a wiki. Wikis are good for collaboration, projects or e-learning, where many people are engaged in the same activity. The idea behind the use of wikis is that knowledge can be shared if everyone adds the information on the wiki. In fact, the word "wiki" is an acronym for What I Know Is. Wikipedia falls under this type of site. Other good examples include SWIK, Scholarpedia, Citizendium, Conservapedia, Uncyclopedia and....Entor-Wiki.
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While wikis have mostly been considered as online encyclopedias (the Wikipediasis influence), many others are being used for entertainment purposes. For example Uncyclopedia and its parodies. Others such as WikiAnswers are used as sites where you can get answers and answer questions placed there by others. Other wikis are used as fan sites while others are used for the writing of fictional works.
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Blog
Blog, which is the short form of the word Weblog, is a site where regular entries of events are placed. This type of site was initially used as an online diary or journal. I guess this was due to the influence of the Open Diary Project. The webmaster, mostly referred to as the Blogger, updates the site by posting (note that term) information on what interests him/her or can share his/her thoughts using this type of site. The most prominent feature of this type of site is the Comments Section. Right after the blogger's post, visitors can comment on it by filling out a form. For more information on this you can visit entor-cecit.com:Weblog.
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Internet Forum
Basically, an Internet forum is a website that allows discussion among its members. Lets say I have a BNG (Big Nagging Question). If I am a member of a certain forum, I can place my question there so that other members can provide me with answers. So what are the features of this type of site? The site has topics under which its members can post. The posts under each topic make up a thread. Most forums require visitors to register first so that they can qualify to be its members. Do you visit forums? If you do, you are termed as a lurker. A LURKER is that visitor who does not take part in the forum but only visits it.
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