The following table is meant as a quick translation guide for novice to intermediate surfers attempting to “grok” the new Web 2.0 terminology. It is meant to be cut out and laminated and is guaranteed to make your next barcamp, meetup, or geek dinner more productive and good. This guide is provided as a courtesy to friends and strangers alike – we’re just happy for the opportunity to make the world a less awkward place to mingle.
| Dot-Com era | Web 2.0 |
|---|---|
| AOL | MySpace |
| applets | script.aculo.us |
| bookmarks | bookmarks |
| broadcast.com | last.fm |
| ColdFusion | Ruby (what?) |
| Flash | ajax |
| forums | blogs |
| FrontPage | ExpressionEngine |
| Geocities | 9rules |
| Hacker Proof | Standards-Compliant |
| Hamster Dance | Will It Blend? |
| heavy | funny or die |
| hits | uniques |
| homesite | textmate |
| HotBot | |
| hotmail | gmail |
| hot-or-not | hot-or-not |
| HotWired | TechCrunch |
| html | xhtml |
| ICQ | Pownce |
| impressions | clicks |
| The Internet | internets |
| IRC | |
| keywords | tags |
| macromedia | Adobe |
| mondo mini shows | The Show |
| Napster | youtube |
| Netscape Navigator Gold | Flock |
| pageviews | attention |
| Palm V | iPhone |
| perl | php |
| pointcast | Google Reader |
| push | RSS |
| rollover | hover |
| search (v) | google (v) |
| Shockwave | WoW |
| slashdot | digg |
| sticky | engaging |
| tables | divs |
| testing for AOL | testing for IE |
| wallpapers | themes |
| WebMonkey | AListApart |
| webrings | blogrolls |
| web safe | semantically correct |
| window.status | microformats |
| VolanoChat | second life |
| Yahoo! | Mahalo |