Research Article

Navigating from Web 1.0 to the latest Web 5.0 to 'The Future Unseen Web'

by  Veena Jokhakar
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 187 - Issue 44
Published: September 2025
Authors: Veena Jokhakar
10.5120/ijca2025925665
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Veena Jokhakar . Navigating from Web 1.0 to the latest Web 5.0 to 'The Future Unseen Web'. International Journal of Computer Applications. 187, 44 (September 2025), 1-6. DOI=10.5120/ijca2025925665

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                        author  = { Veena Jokhakar },
                        title   = { Navigating from Web 1.0 to the latest Web 5.0 to 'The Future Unseen Web' },
                        journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
                        year    = { 2025 },
                        volume  = { 187 },
                        number  = { 44 },
                        pages   = { 1-6 },
                        doi     = { 10.5120/ijca2025925665 },
                        publisher = { Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA }
                        }
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                        %A Veena Jokhakar
                        %T Navigating from Web 1.0 to the latest Web 5.0 to 'The Future Unseen Web'%T 
                        %J International Journal of Computer Applications
                        %V 187
                        %N 44
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                        %R 10.5120/ijca2025925665
                        %I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

The current era of internet that has been continually getting updates, that leads to web technologies from 1.0 to 4.0 and currently 5.0, with data being a combined product of distributed clouds for storage, enterprise wide and social where the data needs to be delivered at the edge with proper authentication and validated at the right time, right location, to right person along with security and machine learning mechanisms to detect unlawful actions. This paper aims in providing a detailed understanding of the current internet version that has evolved till the current 5.0 and the future expected 7.0.

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Web 4.0 Web 5.0 Blockchain Semantic Web

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