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Lesson 2 Modern Web Technologies

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• Crowdsourcing   – a task ordinarily performed by one person is outsourced to a large group or community  
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• Collective intelligence   – the ability of a group to exhibit a greater degree of intelligence by solving problems collaboratively compared to the intelligence of an individual member  
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• Ajax   – enables Web applications to interact with users in much the same way they do with desktop applications  
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• Wikis   – Web pages that can be viewed and modified by anybody with a Web browser and access to the Internet  
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• Folksonomy   – tagging of online content so non-technical users can classify and find information  
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• Web feed services   – content publicly available to users via Web feeds (e.g., RSS, Atom); syndication  
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• Podcasts   – audio/video digital-media files distributed through Web feeds to subscribed users  
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• Semantic Web   – Web data that is contextualized with the addition of machine-readable metadata  
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• Mashups   – Web pages that integrate content and scripts from multiple Web sites to create new applications  
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• Social networking   – the grouping of individuals with common interests or goals into specific groups or communities  
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• Social networking sites:   • Generally provide privacy protection for their users • Are not responsible for the content that members post • Can be used as a business tool by helping members establish business contacts, post résumés and find jobs  
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• Instant Messaging   – computer-based method of communication in which users can type and view messages sent to one or more recipients and view the responses immediately  
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• Text messaging   – users type short text messages from mobile phones  
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• SMS gateway   service that allows you to send text messages to an instant messaging (IM) service, the World Wide Web and desktop computers  
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• Windows Remote Assistance   • Allows a user to seek assistance from another person in a remote location • Runs on Windows systems  
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• Blog (short for "Web log")   – a collection of personal thoughts posted on a public Web site  
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• Trackback   – a blogger receives notification when other bloggers link to his or her blog entry  
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• Microformats   – allow bloggers to incorporate information from Web sites into their blog entries  
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• Unified communications   – a business trend that seeks to simplify and integrate all forms of communication  
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• Convergence   – the integration of telephony and data networks and technologies  
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• Presencing   – a status indictor that conveys a person's willingness and ability to engage in communications in real time  
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