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World Wide Web · Hindsight | Envisioning

Hindsight · review build · data not yet validated

World Wide Web

Gartner, Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 1996, published 1996

Publishers Envisioning Hype Cycle explorer Forecast vs actual

World Wide Web: peak

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phase: peak
rank: 7
confidence: high
note: Phase inferred from the label's position on the curve; the chart draws no phase boundaries. Chart text reads 'World ||Wide Web' (rendering artefact). Fenn names the Worldwide Web at the 1996 peak.

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Hindsight, claim gartner-hype-cycle-1996-007. Envisioning. https://www.envisioning.com/hindsight/claims/gartner-hype-cycle-1996-007

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