folksonomy
[ fohk-son-uh-mee ]
noun,plural folks·on·o·mies.Computers.
a classification system derived from user-generated electronic tags or keywords that annotate and describe online content: Imprecise folksonomies can hinder information retrieval.
Origin of folksonomy
1- Compare social tagging, tag cloud.
Words Nearby folksonomy
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British Dictionary definitions for folksonomy
folksonomy
/ (fəʊkˈsɒnəmɪ) /
noun
a system of classification that makes use of terms that occur naturally in the language of users of the system
Origin of folksonomy
1C21: from folk + taxonomy
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