Web 2.0 Terms

Terms:
User generated content refers to various kinds of media content, publicity available, and produced by end users.
Long tail is a retailing concept describing the niche strategy of selling a large number of unique items in relatively small quantities.
Folksonomy is a system of classification derived from practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content.
Syndication is when website materials are made available to multiple other sites.
Mass collaboration is a form of collective action that occurs when large numbers of people work independently on a single project, modular in nature.
Computer-supported collaboration is research that focuses on technology that affects groups, organizations, communities, and societies.
Hosted services is a type of internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their own website accessible vie the world wide web.
Web applications are applications that are accessed via a web browser over a network such as the internet or intranet.
Social software encompasses a range of software systems that allow users to interact and share data. This computer mediated communication has become very popular with social sites like Myspace and Facebook.
Video sharing sites are internet websites that allows useers to upload video clips and then stores them on its server.
Wiki is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor.
Blogs are types of websites that are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.
Mashups are web pages or applications that combine date or functionality from two or more external sources to create a new service.