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"Web 2.0" refers to a second generation of web development and design, that facilitates communication, secure information sharing, and collaboration on the World Wide Web. Web 2.0 concepts have led to the development andevolution of web-based communities, hosted services, and applications. Web 2.0 websites allow users to do more than just retrieve information. They can run software-applications entirely through a web browser. Users can own and add data on a Web 2.0 site and exercise control over it. These sites may have an "Architecture of Participation" that encourages users to add value to the application as they use it. This stands in contrast to traditional websites, the sort that limited visitors to viewing and whose content only the site's owner could modify.

Examples include blogs, wikis, social networks, file sharing sites, cloud computing systems, RSS and social media sites.

To better understand web 2.0, take a look at the following video from CommonCraft: http://www.commoncraft.com/cloud-computing-video

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