Web 2.0

American  

noun

1. a second generation in the development of the World Wide Web, conceived as a combination of concepts, trends, and technologies that focus on user collaboration, sharing of user-generated content, and social networking.

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Web 2.0 British  

noun

1. the internet viewed as a medium in which interactive experience, in the form of blogs, wikis, forums, etc, plays a more important role than simply accessing information

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Etymology

Origin of Web 2.0

First recorded in 2000–05

Example Sentences

The network infrastructure that was built during the dot-com boom became the backbone of Web 2.0.

From Barron's

The network infrastructure that was built during the dot-com boom became the backbone of Web 2.0.

From Barron's

At the tail-end of the technooptimist spike brought by President Barack Obama, this was the last gasp of Web 2.0.

From Salon

Lina Khan believes A.I. disruption demands that regulators take a different approach from that of the Web 2.0 era.

From New York Times

And while the New York Times was certainly never assured of making it through the news revenue crisis that accompanied the rise of Web 2.0, its survival odds were greatly enhanced by its preeminent stature among American national newspapers, as well as its mission-driven leadership from the family that has controlled the Times for generations.

From Slate