Web 2.0, Web 3.0 Web x.0 Lesson

Web 2.0 Wordle Image The future of the Internet is now. We have entered a time of Internet development where companies are creating web-based and open source tools that encourage collaboration and sharing. This is the generation of Web 2.0. Technology has never been easier or more accessible. Web 2.0 allows users to create, edit, share, and collaborate like never before. Web 2.0 tools are typically those that are web-based that run directly in the browser. Usually there is nothing to download. Saved files are often stored on the website allowing users to copy and paste a link to send to others. And a lot of these tools are totally free for anyone to use.

Wikipedia defines Open Source Software as "computer software with its source code made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose." Programs developed with open source software are usually offered free of charge on the Internet. Many open source tools require that you download and install them on your own computer.

We are starting to enter the Internet generation of Web 3.0. This generation of Internet use is so new that many are uncertain of an exact definition. Basically, the idea of Web 3.0 is that content will be user-driven to the point of where content presented when browsing will be generated through a user's browsing history. Many believe that the Web 3.0 Internet will act as a user's personal assistant by offering information directly related to things the user is interested in. The Web 3.0 is still evolving and it is exciting to think about where the Internet will go.

How many generations of the Internet do you think there will be? What features will be available on the Internet 10 years from now? Will we call that generation of the Internet Web X.0? Will there even be an Internet 20 years from now? These are interesting questions that are exciting to think about, but no one knows the answers.

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