Darknet

Quick meaning: Darknet is a noun meaning (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.

Meaning

(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.

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

• darknets

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include clearnet, undernet, extranet, cryptomarket, intranet, innernet.

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