Dark Web

English

Alternative forms

• dark web

Proper noun

the Dark Web

1. (computing, Internet) The portion of the Deep Web hosted on darknets (“restricted networks”).

   “Silk Road” was an underground website active on the Dark Web.

2. (computing, Internet, proscribed) The Deep Web.

Usage notes

The Dark Web is only a small part of the Deep Web (“non-searchable web”). The two terms are often confused.

Holonyms

• Deep Web

Translations

portion of the Deep Web

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暗網網絡／暗网网络 (Ànwǎng Wǎngluò), 暗网网络 (ànwǎng wǎngluò)

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• Finnish: pimeä verkko
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

Deep Web — see Deep Web

See also

• darknet
• Deep Web

Further reading

• Dark Web on Wikipedia.Wikipedia