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The term " Web 2.0 " is commonly associated with web applications which facilitate interactive information sharing , interoperability , user-centered design and collaboration on the World Wide Web . Examples of Web 2.0 include web-based communities, hosted services , web applications , social-networking sites , video-sharing sites , wikis , blogs , mashups and folksonomies . A Web 2.0 site allows its users to interact with other users or to change website content , in contrast to non-interactive websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of information that is provided to them.

The term is closely associated with Tim O'Reilly because of the O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004. Although the term suggests a new version of the World Wide Web , it does not refer to an update to any technical specifications, but rather to cumulative changes in the ways software developers and end-users use the Web. Whether Web 2.0 is qualitatively different from prior web technologies has been challenged by World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee who called the term a "piece of jargon" .

History: From Web 1.0 to 2.0

The term "Web 2.0" was coined by Darcy DiNucci in 1999. In her article "Fragmented Future," she writes

Her use of the term deals mainly with Web design and aesthetics; she argues that the Web is "fragmenting" due to the widespread use of portable Web-ready devices. Her article is aimed at designers, reminding them to code for an ever-increasing variety of hardware. As such, her use of the term hints at - but does not directly relate to - the current uses of the term.

The term did not resurface until 2003. These authors focus on the concepts currently associated with the term where, as Scott Dietzen puts it, "the Web becomes ...

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