"clearnet" meaning in English

See clearnet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} clearnet (not comparable)
  1. (Internet, of an address) Being the legitimate front of an illegal website. Tags: Internet, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-clearnet-en-adj-NXraNkW7 Categories (other): Internet

Noun

Forms: clearnets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} clearnet (plural clearnets)
  1. The Internet as indexed by search engines, as opposed to the Tor network; the searchable Internet.
    Sense id: en-clearnet-en-noun--pdDABRV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Internet Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Internet: 31 69

Inflected forms

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