Dictionary

darknet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (UK) audio

Etymology

From dark + net.

Meanings

1. (Internet) A network of computers that can only be accessed using special software, configuration, or authorization, usually characterized by the anonymization of users, participating hosts, or both.
   • Despite all the openness of the Internet, there are still places you cannot saunter into on the Web. You must be invited. These are “darknets”: exclusive peer-to-peer networks in which membership is based on circles of trust, whose activities are veiled from the general public. 2005 October 5, Tim Gnatek, “Darknets: Virtual Parties With a Select Group of Invitees”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

darknet marketplace · darknet market

Relateds

Dark Web

Translations (10)

is huldunet (network) · cmn 暗網 /暗网 (network) · fi pimeä verkko (network) · ru даркне́т (network) · ja ダークネット (network) · fr darknet (network) · ko 다크넷 (network) · de Darknet (network) · pt darknet (network) · pl darknet (network)