Illuminating the Dark Web
Friday, November 14, 2008 - 09:56
in Mathematics & Economics
When a government agency, medical office, or another institution scans a document and uploads it to a Web site, the images are not searchable -- they contain pictures of text, not the text itself. This is the so-called "Dark Web" -- its sinister-sounding name is just a reference to how difficult it is to search. read more