Deep Web

See also: deep web, deep-web, and deep Web

English

Alternative forms

• deep Web
• deep web
• deep-web

Etymology

Attributed to Computer Scientist Michael K. Bergman, 2001.

Proper noun

Deep Web

1. (computing, Internet) The portion of the World Wide Web that is not indexed by conventional search engines. [from 2001]

   Synonyms: Deep Net, Invisible Web, Hidden Web

   Antonyms: Surface Web, Visible Web, Clearnet, Indexed Web, Indexable Web

   • 2012, Eduard C. Dragut, Weiyi Meng, Clement Yu, Deep Web Query Interface Understanding and Integration, Morgan & Claypool Publishers, →ISBN, page 3:

     In contrast, most data in the deep Web are structured data records stored in backend database systems and there are usually no hyperlinks among these data records. Due to the existence of extensive links among Web pages in the surface […]

2. (computing, Internet, proscribed) The Dark Web (the part of the Web only accessible via restricted networks).

   Synonym: Dark Web

Meronyms

• Dark Web

Holonyms

• the Web, World Wide Web

Translations

portion of the World Wide Web

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 深網／深网 (shēnwǎng)

• Finnish: syvä verkko
• Portuguese: deep web (pt) f, web profunda f

Dark Web — see Dark Web

See also

• darknet

Further reading

• Deep Web on Wikipedia.Wikipedia