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web crawler

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[web-kraw-ler] / ˈwɛbˌkrɔ lər /
Sometimes Web crawler or webcrawler

noun

Digital Technology.

  1. a computer program that digitally surveys websites, as in order to index web pages for a search engine.

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Etymology

Origin of web crawler

First recorded in 1990–95

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