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Read from a copy of the chart titled 'Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2000' on Pinterest (635x370 GIF, same pin series as 1996 to 2007). Gartner document 302322 '2000 Hype Cycle of Emerging Technologies', 5 June 2000, analysts Jackie Fenn and Alexander Linden; its public summary matches the chart. Legend 'Will reach the plateau in': white less than two years, grey 2 to 5, crossed 5 to 10, black more than 10. rank is the order along the curve, left to right. Bands read from the markers.
Quantum Computing: innovation trigger, plateau in >10 years
innovation trigger · plateau >10 yrs · rank 1gartner-hype-cycle-2000-001
Audio Mining: innovation trigger, plateau in 5-10 years
innovation trigger · plateau 5-10 yrs · rank 2gartner-hype-cycle-2000-002
Synthetic Characters: innovation trigger, plateau in 5-10 years
innovation trigger · plateau 5-10 yrs · rank 3gartner-hype-cycle-2000-003
Digital Ink: innovation trigger, plateau in 5-10 years
Biometrics: innovation trigger, plateau in 2-5 years
innovation trigger · plateau 2-5 yrs · rank 5gartner-hype-cycle-2000-005
Voice Portals: innovation trigger, plateau in 2-5 years
innovation trigger · plateau 2-5 yrs · rank 6gartner-hype-cycle-2000-006
WAP/Wireless Web: peak, plateau in 2-5 years
peak · plateau 2-5 yrs · rank 7gartner-hype-cycle-2000-007
Webtops: peak, plateau in 2-5 years
peak · plateau 2-5 yrs · rank 9gartner-hype-cycle-2000-009
Bluetooth: peak, plateau in 2-5 years
peak · plateau 2-5 yrs · rank 10gartner-hype-cycle-2000-010
Enterprise Portals: trough, plateau in <2 years
trough · plateau <2 yrs · rank 11gartner-hype-cycle-2000-011
3-D Web: trough, plateau in 5-10 years
trough · plateau 5-10 yrs · rank 13gartner-hype-cycle-2000-013
Micropayments: trough, plateau in 5-10 years
trough · plateau 5-10 yrs · rank 14gartner-hype-cycle-2000-014
Voice over IP: slope, plateau in <2 years
slope · plateau <2 yrs · rank 15gartner-hype-cycle-2000-015
Speech Recognition: slope, plateau in 2-5 years
slope · plateau 2-5 yrs · rank 16gartner-hype-cycle-2000-016
Smart Cards: slope, plateau in 2-5 years
slope · plateau 2-5 yrs · rank 18gartner-hype-cycle-2000-018
xDSL/Cable Modems: plateau, plateau in <2 years
plateau · plateau <2 yrs · rank 19gartner-hype-cycle-2000-019
Java Language: plateau, plateau in <2 years
plateau · plateau <2 yrs · rank 20gartner-hype-cycle-2000-020