in it most simplistic variant its a single persons journal posted to a website. however the range all the way to corporate sites about new products to several people writing news to many people writing many things.
livejournal.com, blogger.com, slashdot.com. my weblog entry for the day was about how blog has sprung up in use with online journals because people were getting them confused with server logs.
A web server commonly used to host Javaenterprise applications. It works just good enough that it is not cast aside, but not poor enough that someone has been convinced to write a better tool. Frequently, unexpected errors will surface without justification, and can be solved by restarting the server.
User 1: Why doesn't this damned thingwork!?!
User 2: Have you tried restarting the weblogic server?
User 1: ...DAMMIT! Now it works!
Ruler of Lake Titicaca. Rumored to have a bunghole that gets very angry if it does not receive toilet paper. Cornholio the Great is often seen walking around with his shirt over his head and his hands in the air, chanting songs about his power, and his bunghole.
"I am Cornholio! You do not want to face the wrath of my bunghole, for I need TP!"
Butthead: Shut up, Beavis! (uh huh huh huh)
Beavis: Um, okay. (heh heh heh heh).