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web scraping

American  
[web skrey-ping] / ˈwɛb ˌskreɪ pɪŋ /

noun

Digital Technology.

  1. the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.

    Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping.

    Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of web scraping

First recorded in 2000–05

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