It's been a while since the term "Web 2.0" began to emerge in technology articles and information sources. I am sure that you will meet it more and more in the future. In general, Web 2.0 referes to the "evolution of World Wide Web". There, the applicatoins will become more interactive and rich in functionality and thus get over the old perception that Web is more about static content. A good article about Web 2.0 was written by Tim O'Reilly and can be found here - take a look at it, it is really great.
Back to Web 2.0, the main focus is to design a new generation of services such as Microsoft Virtual Earth, Flickr, Orb and Digg ( and there are many many more). These are very, very strong examples, showing that the era of static Web documents is far far away. Actually, if you haven't already, I strongly recomment trying these out. With Virtual Earth you have a great map service at your finger tips and an amazing "Eagle Eye" view, which shows you a close view of a given terrain. You want to find a cafe in the local area - no probs, just search it there. Orb gives you the ability to stream TV and any kind of media from diverse locations. The last one, Digg, I find really amazing. People need information for in all kinds of topics, but sources are most important. Some of them are very biased, others - not reliable. Digg is trying to solve exactly this - each article has a "digg" index, which shows how many digg-ers liked and found it useful.
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