Origination and Early Development of the World Wide Web
About Web Technologies
Web 3.0
It is the “executable” phrase of Word Wide Web with dynamic applications, interactive services, and “machine-to-machine” interaction. Web 3.0 is a semantic web which refers to the future. In Web 3.0, computers can interpret information like humans and intelligently generate and distribute useful content tailored to the needs of users. One example of Web 3.0 is Tivo, a digital video recorder. Its recording program can search the web and read what it finds to you based on your preferences.
What is the Web?
The term World Wide Web (WWW) refers to the collection of public Web sites connected to the Internet worldwide, together with the client devices such as computers and cell phones that access its content. For many years it has become known simply as "the Web."
Researcher Tim Berners-Lee led the development of the World Wide Web in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
He helped build prototypes of the original core Web technologies and coined the term "WWW." Web sites and Web browsing exploded in popularity during the mid-1990s and continue to be a key usage of the Internet today.
The WWW is just one of many applications of the Internet and computer networks. It is based on these three core technologies:
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HTML - Hypertext Markup Language. HTML originally supported only text documents, but with enhancements during the 1990s grew capable of handling frames, style sheets and plugins for general purpose Web site content publishing.
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HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol. HTTP finally made it to version 2.0 after 20 years, indicative of how well the protocol accommodated the Web's growth.
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Web servers and Web browsers. The original Netscape has given way to many other browser applications, but the same concepts of client-server communication still apply.
The Phases of the Web and its major differences
Web 1.0
It is the “readable” phrase of the World Wide Web with flat data. In Web 1.0, there is only limited interaction between sites and web users. Web 1.0 is simply an information portal where users passively receive information without being given the opportunity to post reviews, comments, and feedback.
Web 2.0
It is the “writable” phrase of the World Wide Web with interactive data. Unlike Web 1.0, Web 2.0 facilitates interaction between web users and sites, so it allows users to interact more freely with each other. Web 2.0 encourages participation, collaboration, and information sharing. Examples of Web 2.0 applications are Youtube, Wiki, Flickr, Facebook, and so on.