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social tagging

American  

noun

Computers.

  1. the practice of generating electronic tags or keywords by users rather than specialists as a way to classify and describe online content.

    Social tagging can enhance students' access to online collections of art.

Etymology

Origin of social tagging

First recorded in 2005–10

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