surface Web in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the surface Web",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "def": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "the surface Web",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "en:Internet",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Deep Net"
        },
        {
          "word": "Deep Web"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hidden Web"
        },
        {
          "word": "Invisible Web"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The portion of the World Wide Web that is indexed by conventional search engines."
      ],
      "holonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Web"
        },
        {
          "word": "World Wide Web"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-surface_Web-en-name-MQvviNfD",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "World Wide Web",
          "World Wide Web#English"
        ],
        [
          "search engine",
          "search engine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, Internet) The portion of the World Wide Web that is indexed by conventional search engines."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Clear Net"
        },
        {
          "word": "Clear Web"
        },
        {
          "word": "Indexed Web"
        },
        {
          "word": "Light Net"
        },
        {
          "word": "Light Web"
        },
        {
          "word": "visible Web"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "surface Web"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the surface Web",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "def": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "the surface Web",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Computing",
        "en:Internet"
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "Deep Net"
        },
        {
          "word": "Deep Web"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hidden Web"
        },
        {
          "word": "Invisible Web"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The portion of the World Wide Web that is indexed by conventional search engines."
      ],
      "holonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Web"
        },
        {
          "word": "World Wide Web"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "World Wide Web",
          "World Wide Web#English"
        ],
        [
          "search engine",
          "search engine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, Internet) The portion of the World Wide Web that is indexed by conventional search engines."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Clear Net"
        },
        {
          "word": "Clear Web"
        },
        {
          "word": "Indexed Web"
        },
        {
          "word": "Light Net"
        },
        {
          "word": "Light Web"
        },
        {
          "word": "visible Web"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "surface Web"
}

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