What is Web 2.0?

 "The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet"

World Wide Web is a system which was first introduced on March 12, 1989, by Tim Berners Lee who is British computer scientist and former CERN employee. There are different stages of development in the World Wide web from the 1990s. It can be categorised in three stages till now..

• Web 1.0 - Read only web
• Web 2.0 - Read-write web
• Web 3.0 - Read-write-execute web

Terminology of Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 term first came into existence in 1999 given by Darcy DiNucci an information and architecture consultant in his article "Fragmented Future" and later the term popularized by Tim O'Reilly and Dale Dougherty at the O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 Conference in late 2004.

“Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the internet as a platform, and any attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform.”– Tim O’ Reilly.

What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 is obviously a more advanced form of web then earlier one. Web 1.0 is a Read only web where we can only get information and read it. So, There are limited sources we have available in Web 1.0 with limited access, which are owned by big companies or powerful people. But Web 2.0 is a Read-Write web where anyone can read information, create their own information and also can share with people on online mode. Web applications that can be included in Web 2.0 are…

• Google Docs
• Flickr
• YouTube
• Wikis
• Blog
• Social Networking (Facebook)
• Microblogging (Twitter)
• Podcasting

The major change between web 1.0 and 2.0 about content sharing. Web 2.0 allows every individual to create their own information or material or share it on public platforms without any deep knowledge of Web designing and Publishing Skills. It enables one to collaborate and Communicate their work with others.