Meaning of Web 3.0 | Babel Free

Definitions

The predicted third generation of the World Wide Web, usually conjectured to include semantic tagging of content and decentralized protocols.

Internet, neologism

Equivalents

Examples

“Web 3.0 does not yet exist, but it shines forth in online cooperation. […] Web 3.0 technologies like wikis are not only communicative, but also cooperative.”

“Stepping back to the Web topics, what are your thoughts on Web 3.0, the Semantic Web?”

“Even though Web 2.0 has not been fully implemented, there are talks of Web 3.0 and what the future may hold. Many predict it will be the Semantic Web where users will be able to request information rather than have to search for it.”

“Some people already think about what is happening with the Web 3.0, the semantic web, the Internet of things, for instance.”

“Web 3.0 refers to the third stage in the evolution of the Web that now has significant extension in the types of data, people, and interactions, along with heterogeneity and scale.”

“As the year unfolds, pay attention to the people who are talking about a new, decentralised internet – AKA Web 3.0 – and the possibility of data being returned to the control of the people who generate it.”

“Although not the Semantic Web envisioned by Berners-Lee, Web 3.0 is in many ways a return to his original web, where “no permission is needed from a central authority to post anything …^([sic]) there is no central controlling node, and so no single point of failure …^([sic]) and no “kill switch”!”

CEFR level