deep web and dark web

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The terms deep web and dark web are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same. Deep web simply refers to anything on the web that can’t be found using a search engine like Google or Bing, or even DuckduckGo.
This means anything behind a paywall, anything that is password protected, or anything that is dynamically generated and doesn’t have a permanent URL — all of these things are said to comprise the deep web because they don’t exist at the surface of the web.
Conduct your own research on the DEEP WEB and the DARK WEB. Explain the differences and why they exist. Include the types of information that may be found on each.
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After conducting your research on the DEEP WEB and the DARK WEB, briefly explain what you learned from this research. For this, two paragraphs is enough to explain your findings
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Running head: DEEP AND DARK WEB

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Deep and Dark Web
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DEEP AND DARK WEB

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Introduction

The internet is one of the most revolutionary technologies in recent history. The internet
complements the world wide web to promote more easy access to information. With such
technological advancements, computer scientists and other researchers have coined unique
terminologies to refer to different phenomena. The most intriguing yet confusing terms
appertaining to the usage of the world wide web are deep web and the dark web. The line
between these two concepts is blurry and people often, but erroneously, use the two terms
interchangeably. The paper delves into the meaning of these terms and the salient differences in
features that characterize them.
The Deep Web
The deep web is also known as the hidden or invisible web. These terms refer to websites
or data that one cannot access by keying in input into conventional search engines like Bing and
Google. This aspect of the internet stands in stark contrast to those items that an individual can
quickly unearth through a basic internet search (Ciancaglini et al., 2015). Creators of these
websites use a variety of means to ensure that search engines do not index them. For example,
computer scientists have coined the term contextual web to refer to pages that have content
variances that are based on th...


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Excellent resource! Really helped me get the gist of things.

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