The technology ‘Web 2.0’ refers to the idea of the “New Internet”, or the second trend of the World Wide Web. Web 2.0 also known as the Read/Write Web, the new web is a breeding ground for creative and appealing educational endeavors. A key point of curiosity with Web 2.0 is the equalization on a mass scale between user, client and big organizations.
Web 2.0 is not a specific application or technology, but explains two typical swings within Information Technology.
1. User-bred content
2. Client Figuring
User-bred content
It refers to social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace and YouTube, blogs and any web application which permits users to create decorative, personal web pages without any former technical programming knowledge. User- bred content of Web 2.0 is changing the way we use the Internet. Users have transformed the World Wide Web into a pool of knowledge and news.
Client Figuring
It refers to data and applications that are stored on a web server, thereby providing the user with universal access to information from any computer. Although it is not a new concept for the World Wide Web, Client Figuring has the feasibility to transfigure the Internet into one massive application server for all users.