web scraping

[web skrey-ping]

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

• web scraper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of web scraping¹

First recorded in 2000–05