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Web 1.0

Web 1.0 proper noun: the first generation of the World Wide Web, characterized by separate static websites rather than continually-updated weblogs and social networking tools.

Proper noun

Web 1.0

  1. (Internet, retronym) The first generation of the World Wide Web, characterized by separate static websites rather than continually-updated weblogs and social networking tools.
    • The relationship of Web 1.0 to the Web of tomorrow is roughly the equivalence of Pong to The Matrix.1999, Darcy DiNucci, “Fragmented Future”, in Print, volume 53, number 4, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2011, page 220
    • The original internet boom of the late 1990s, what you might think of as web 1.0, was a time of great stock-market valuations that created a few enduring companies and a lot of dead dot-coms.2022 May 5, Farhad Manjoo, “What Is Happening to the People Falling for Crypto and NFTs”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    Old Web

Synonyms of Web 1.0

Forms of Web 1.0

alternative formWeb1
alternative formweb 1.0

Origin of Web 1.0

To contrast with Web 2.0.

Questions about Web 1.0

What does Web 1.0 mean?
Web 1.0 means the first generation of the World Wide Web, characterized by separate static websites rather than continually-updated weblogs and social networking tools.
What part of speech is Web 1.0?
Web 1.0 is a proper noun.

Words near Web 1.0 in the dictionary

  1. weazle
  2. weazles
  3. weazon
  4. weazons
  5. web
  6. Web 1.0
  7. Web 2.0
  8. Web 3.0
  9. web address
  10. web addresses
  11. web and pin

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