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Web 2.0 – Meaningless?
Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Since its inception, the buzzword has been used almost too much. The term “Web 2.0,” though its use is generally attributed to those less involved with the development of websites (the general public), its use is not specific to any group of people. It’s a helpful way to explain a set of technologies, only with one problem—the meaning of Web 2.0 is not known. When O’Reilly originally coined the term, they had a set list of definitions for Web 2.0, but, as many authors noted, the Web 2.0 conference was absent of those who would definitely be able to give a more concrete definition of Web 2.0 to developers. But developers nonetheless use the term as a sort of translation between the business-oriented and the technically-minded people. After all, it’s friendly than explaining perhaps the several different technical definitions that encompass Web 2.0.
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Tags: AJAX, buzzwords, web 2.0
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