%0 Journal Article %T EVOLUTION OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB: FROM WEB 1.0 TO WEB 4.0 %A Sareh Aghaei %A Mohammad Ali Nematbakhsh %A Hadi Khosravi Farsani %J International Journal of Web & Semantic Technology %D 2012 %I Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC) %X The World Wide Web as the largest information construct has had much progress since its advent. Thispaper provides a background of the evolution of the web from web 1.0 to web 4.0. Web 1.0 as a web ofinformation connections, Web 2.0 as a web of people connections, Web 3.0 as a web of knowledgeconnections and web 4.0 as a web of intelligence connections are described as four generations of the webin the paper. %K Web 1.0 %K Web 2.0 %K Web 3.0 %K Web 4.0. %U http://airccse.org/journal/ijwest/papers/3112ijwest01.pdf