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Web 3.0

Web 3.0 proper noun: the predicted third generation of the World Wide Web, usually conjectured to include semantic tagging of content and decentralized protocols.

Proper noun

Web 3.0

  1. (Internet, neologism) The predicted third generation of the World Wide Web, usually conjectured to include semantic tagging of content and decentralized protocols.
    • 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.2007, Christian Fuchs, Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age, Routledge, →ISBN, page 126
    • Stepping back to the Web topics, what are your thoughts on Web 3.0, the Semantic Web?2008, Bradley L. Jones, Web 2.0 Heroes: Interviews with 20 Web 2.0 Influencers, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN

Examples of Web 3.0 in a sentence

  • Even though Web 2.0 has not been fully implemented, there are talks of Web 3.0 and what the future may hold.2008, P. Candace Deans, Social Software and Web 2.0 Technology Trends, →ISBN, page 55:
  • Some people already think about what is happening with the Web 3.0, the semantic web, the Internet of things, for instance.2009, Sigrid Baringhorst, Political Campaigning on the Web:
  • 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.2013, Amit Sheth, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan, Semantics Empowered Web 3.0 […] , Morgan & Claypool Publishers, →ISBN, page 5:

Forms of Web 3.0

alternative formWeb3
alternative formweb3

Origin of Web 3.0

As a progression from Web 2.0.

Questions about Web 3.0

What does Web 3.0 mean?
Web 3.0 means the predicted third generation of the World Wide Web, usually conjectured to include semantic tagging of content and decentralized protocols.
How do you use Web 3.0 in a sentence?
Even though Web 2.0 has not been fully implemented, there are talks of Web 3.0 and what the future may hold.
What part of speech is Web 3.0?
Web 3.0 is a proper noun.

Words near Web 3.0 in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Web 3.0 (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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