Meaning of third wave in English:
third wave
noun
(Usually with capital initials) a period of major economic, social, and cultural change (following an agrarian First Wave and industrial Second Wave), in which knowledge (especially as stored and disseminated by information technology) becomes the primary productive force.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in Alvin Toffler (1928–2016).
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