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Deep Web

The English word “Deep Web” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. The portion of the World Wide Web that is not indexed by conventional search engines.
  2. The Dark Web (the part of the Web only accessible via restricted networks).

Etymology

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

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