deep web

or Deep Web

[ deep-web ]

noun
  1. the portion of the internet that is hidden from conventional search engines, as by encryption; the aggregate of unindexed websites: private databases and other unlinked content on the deep web.

Origin of deep web

1
First recorded in 2000–05
  • Also called invisible web, Invisible Web .

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British Dictionary definitions for deep Web

deep Web

noun
  1. computing the part of the World Wide Web not accessible through conventional search engines

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