undernet

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ net, perhaps modelled on underworld.

Pronunciation

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Noun

undernet (plural undernets)

1. The criminal underworld in cyberspace.

References

'"Bots are at the center of the undernet economy," says Jeremy Linden, until recently a researcher at Arbor Networks, which tracks and defends against botnets. "Almost every major crime problem on the Net can be traced to them."- -- Quoted in Scott Berinato: "Attack of the Bots": Wired, Issue 14.11 - November 2006: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/botnet.html

Anagrams

• unentred, unrented, untender