World Wide Web Phases

The World Wide Web is dynamic and in a constant state of change. As the need for new features and functions are requested by users or provided by vendors, the web continues to grow and to become a much broader tool. The impact of these changes on the growth of the web has been separated into four distinct phases, each of which defines the state of the web at a certain time and identifies its use. These time-period phases are Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, and Web 4.0.

The phases that have been identified in the history and future of the World Wide Web are listed in Table 1-3.

Table 1-3 The Phases of the Internet and World Wide Web

Description

Web 1.0

Web 1.0 is often referred to as the “Static Web” or the “Read-Only Web” ...

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