Technology has gone through a dramatic change. This has been brought about relatively quickly by the introduction of some new technology when one technology (or better a set of technologies) is replaced by another technology (or by the set of technologies). Since the introduction of technology, development have been occurring at an accelerated pace, sometimes due to competition and at time to get something better. Let’s look at some of the changes to technology.
Watch this small video on evolution of web 1.0 to web 3.0
Web 2.0
Web 2.0 – user generated content and social media and is the second stage of the internet, moving from content that was created by business to content that is being created by the user. Web 2.0 has characteristics of being flexible, simple and lightweight. This means it’s simple to use, adopt, create and deliver using a variety of technology. Web 2.0 refers to the second generation of the Web.
Web 3.0
Web 3.0 can be seen as the third decade of the web . It uses Web 2.0 technology to create higher quality content but Web 3.0 is more intelligent and takes a step towards artificial intelligence (terminology is explained further down). Web 3.0 allows connection being people, data, applications and concepts. Web 3.0 as “a different way of building applications. Applications are pieced together and are relatively small, the data is in a cloud and can run on any device, very fast and very customizable and distributed through social networks, email, etc.” These applications will make the user generated content that Web 2.0.created able to be personalized and managed more efficiently. It is still evolving.
Web 4.0 and Web 5.0
These are both stages of the web that are yet to come. Web 4.0 is believed to be ultra-intelligent with fully developed capabilities. Computers may have inbuilt personalities and the ability to recognize users by facial recognition. Everything will be linked. Web 5.0 is an unknown entity – it will be the 5th generation of the web.
Semantic Web
This is an extension of the web which allows computers to make their own decisions. The Semantic Web provides a common framework that allows data to be shared and reused across application, enterprise, and community boundaries. The semantic web is known as “web of data”. Semantic Web makes it possible for the web to “understand” and satisfy the requests of people and machines to use the web content.
Internet of Things
Internet of things is the network of physical objects—devices, vehicles, buildings and other items—embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity that enables these objects to collect and exchange data. Each thing is uniquely identifiable through its embedded computing system but is able to inter-operate within the existing internet infrastructure
This is connecting everyday objects to network capabilities which is seen in Web 3.0. Anything from buildings, vehicles, and fridges will be able to send and receive data. It is expected to offer advanced connectivity of devices, systems, and services that goes beyond machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and covers a variety of protocols, domains, and applications.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is computers displaying intelligent behavior. The term “artificial intelligence” is likely to be applied when a machine uses cutting-edge techniques to competently perform functions that we intuitively associate with human minds, such as “learning” and “problem solving. With AI, computers will have the intelligence to perform more human roles, with the ability to make decisions, have visual perceptions, speech recognition etc.
Information Architecture
Web sites share similar architectural roots to buildings. In other words this term means:
- The structural design of shared information environments.
- The combination of organization, labeling, search, and navigation systems within web sites and intranets.
- The art and science of shaping information products and experiences to support usability and find-ability.
- An emerging discipline and community of practice focused on bringing principles of design and architecture to the digital landscape
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