What is Web 2.0?

The term Web 2.0 refers to understanding the web as a platform, and that is an information space that has been designed to give the users an experience to participate, publish, collaborate and share. It is a development that links people all around and creates connectivity and interactivity between the developers and users through the networks, services and applications. It is seen as user-centered, driven and produced and has created network effects through the contents delivered. Web 2.0 simplifies the way end-users make use of the web, even if it is through social networking, multimedia sharing, wikis, blogs and folksonomies, all of which have become the integral parts of Web 2.0.

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