"web diving" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} web diving (uncountable)
  1. The act of viewing the less known parts of the Internet. In contrast to web surfing which refers to the casual viewing of mainstream web sites, web diving describes viewing uncommon web sites by following successive hyperlinks. Thus "diving" to the deeper parts of the web. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-web_diving-en-noun-yTYeMvD6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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