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== Definitions == The '''Deep Web''' (also called the '''Invisible Web,''' '''Undernet,''' and the '''Hidden Web''') {{Quote|is [[online]] [[content]] that cannot be found by [[search engine]]s. These are [[page]]s that are either located too "deep" in a [[website]] for a [[search engine]] to find them, are [[page]]s that a [[search engine]] cannot index because it technically is unable to do so, or are [[page]]s that a [[search engine]] cannot [[access]] because they are [[password]] protected.}} {{Quote|denote[s] a class of [[content]] on the [[Internet]] that, for various technical reasons, is not indexed by [[search engine]]s.<ref>[[The Impact of the Dark Web on Internet Governance and Cyber Security]], at 1.</ref>}} {{Quote|is 'a class of [[content]] on the [[Internet]]' that, for various technical reasons, is not indexed by [[search engine]]s, and thus would not be [[accessible]] through a traditional [[search engine]].<ref>[[Dark Web (CRS Report)]], at 2.</ref>}} == Overview == [[Search engine]]s rely on technology that generally identifies "[[static]]" [[Web page|page]]s, rather than the "[[dynamic]]" [[information]] [[store]]d in [[database]]s. Deep Web [[content]] resides in searchable [[database]]s, the results from which can only be discovered by a direct query. Without the direct query, the [[database]] does not publish the result. Thus, while the [[content]] is there, it is skipped over by traditional [[search engine]]s which cannot probe beneath the surface. "Information on the deep Web is 400 to 550 times larger than the commonly defined [[World Wide Web]]."<ref>[[Intelligence Exploitation of the Internet]], at 50-51.</ref> The furthest corners of the Deep Web, known as the [[Dark Web]], contain [[content]] that has been [[intentional]]ly concealed. == References == <references /> == See also == * [[The Deep Web and the Darknet: A Look Inside the Internet's Massive Black Box]] == External resources == * Bright Planet, "Deep Web: Advanced" ([http://www.brightplanet.com/deep-web-university-2/deep-web-advanced/ full-text]). * Bright Planet, "Deep Web: A Primer" ([http://www.brightplanet.com/deep-web-university-2/deep-web-a-primer/ full-text]). * InfoSec Institute, "Diving in the Deep Web" (Mar. 14, 2013) ([http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/diving-in-the-deep-web/ full-text]). [[Category:Internet]] [[Category:Data]] [[Category:Content]] [[Category:Definition]] [[Category:Search]]
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