Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Deep Web en · PROPN

Etymology

Coined by American web scientist Michael K. Bergman in 2001.

Meanings

  1. (Internet) The portion of the World Wide Web that is not indexed by conventional search engines.
    • 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 […] 2012, Eduard C. Dragut, Weiyi Meng, Clement Yu, Deep Web Query Interface Understanding and Integration, Morgan & Claypool Publishers, →ISBN, page 3:
  2. (Internet, proscribed) The Dark Web (the part of the Web only accessible via restricted networks).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
the Deep Web canonical lexicographic
deep Web alternative lexicographic
deep-web alternative lexicographic
deep web alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

Surface Web · visible Web · Indexed Web · Clear Net

Holonyms

the Web · World Wide Web

Meronyms

Dark Web

Relateds

darknet

Synonyms

Dark Web · Deep Net · Invisible Web · Hidden Web

Translations (5)

fi syvä verkko (portion of the World Wide Web) · ko 딥 웹 (portion of the World Wide Web) · cmn 深網 /深网 (portion of the World Wide Web) · pt deep web (portion of the World Wide Web) · pt web profunda (portion of the World Wide Web)