Advanced content: Types of content developed after the introduction of the World Wide Web and the Mosaic Web browser.
Aggregator: Software that reads and organizes RSS feeds.
Audio content: Recorded sound content available on websites that can either be streamed or downloaded by users.
Blog: A website, often with an RSS feed, that contains regularly updated, date-stamped entries of text, images, and/or audio and video content.
Customization: A feature that allows users to personalize the content on or the layout of a website.
Governor’s website: The official website of the governor of a state.
Participative service: An internet-based service or application that allows users to collaborate on and contribute to the creation and development of internet applications and Web services.
Photo gallery: A grouping of digital photographs made available to users on a website page.
Podcast: A file of audio or video content delivered to users using RSS.
Podcast aggregator: A program that uses RSS to automatically download new podcasts to a computer’s hard drive.
RSS feed: A method of content delivery using a programming language called XML that allows a user to receive updates to a website automatically to an aggregator instead of checking the site to see if new content is available. Similar XML-based formats include Atom, OPML, and RDF.
Social bookmarking application: A web-based application that allows users to bookmark Web content and organize bookmarks using tags.
Social networking application: A Web-based application that allows users to participate in a virtual community. Users that register for a social network create both a profile and a list of friends who have profiles in the social network.
State government portal: The primary website of a state, which offers services to state residents, businesses, and visitors.
Tags: One-word terms used to categorize and organize information
Video content: Filmed sound and image content available on websites that can either be streamed or downloaded by users.
Wiki: A website that allows its content to be edited by its users.
