{"id":8025,"date":"2012-11-10T22:04:56","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T22:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/deep-web\/"},"modified":"2019-04-01T10:38:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T10:38:46","slug":"deep-web","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/15653\/deep-web","title":{"rendered":"Deep Web"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_deep_web_mean\">What Does Deep Web Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The deep web refers to any internet information or data that is inaccessible by a search engine and includes all web pages, websites, intranets, networks and online communities that are intentionally and\/or unintentionally hidden, invisible or unreachable to search engine crawlers.<\/p>\n<p>The deep web is also known as the hidden web, undernet, deepnet or invisible web.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_deep_web\">Techopedia Explains Deep Web<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Coined by Mike Bergman, the term &quot;deep web&quot; relates to deep sea\/ocean environments that are virtually invisible and inaccessible. 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