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darknet

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

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.

Internet

Equivalents

Françaisdarknet
DeutschDarknet
Portuguêsdarknet
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한국어다크넷
Polskidarknet
Русскийдаркне́т

Examples

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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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