Mashup

Mashups are an integration if many different so provide the user with a better service. For example you could take info from google maps and combine it with real estate web info you can make a whole new service for someone to use. There are many types of mashups, such as consumer mashups, data mashups, and [|Business Mashups]. The most common mashup is the consumer mashup, which are aimed at the general public. Examples include [|Google Maps], [|iGuide], and [|RadioClouds]. Data mashups combine similar types of media and information from multiple sources into a single representation. An example is the Havaria Information Services' [|AlertMap], which combines data from over 200 sources related to severe weather conditions, biohazard threats, and seismic information, and displays them on a map of the world. Business mashups focus data into a single presentation and allow for collaborative action among businesses and developers.[|1]

Basicaly to put it as simple as possible is that its like a computer. The computer runs applications but now you replace the computer with the internet. This makes it easy to access these applications. Basically a mashup though is taking two of the applications provided over the web and combining them to make a whole new application never to have seen the internet before. It is so easy to do this on the internet as well because you dont need to go through anyone to make it work.

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Ill be honest i would write more but there really is not much to say and i dont understand all the technical jargon to put it in my own words so yea i did as much as I really could on this topic!