Web 2.0 is recently known and percived as a second generation of web-based communities,such as hosting servicies including social networking sites, wikis and folksonomies. This aims to aid creativity,collabaration and sharing between users. the name came about after the O'Reilly Media web 2.0 conference in 2004. The name is based on that of a software update but it is most definatly not, theres is no update n technical specifications, but changes in the way software developers and end-users use webs.According to Tim O'Reilly, "Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform."Tim Berners-Lee, a natorious technology expert has questioned where the term can be used in a meaningful way,due to the fact the main componants of "web 2.0" have existed from the early days of the web.
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