International Journal of Advances in Computer Science and Its Applications
Author(s) : NITIN KHANKAR
This paper reviews a web mash up is a web application that takes information from one or more sources and presents it in a new way or with a unique layout. The term mash-up originated in the music industry. It is sometimes spelled mashup .A new breed of Web-based data integration applications is sprouting up all across the Internet. Colloquially termed mashups, their popularity stems from theemphasis on interactive user participation and the monster-of-Frankenstein-like manner in which they aggregate and stitch together third-party data. The sprouting metaphor is a reasonable one; a mashupWeb site is characterized by the way in which it spreads roots across the Web, drawing upon content and functionality retrieved from data sources that lay outside of its organizational boundaries. This help to get information of any trends rapidly.