web crawler
or web·crawl·er
[ web-kraw-ler ]
nounDigital Technology.
a computer program that digitally surveys websites, as in order to index web pages for a search engine.
Origin of web crawler
1First recorded in 1990–95
- Also called crawl·er .
- Sometimes Web crawl·er .
Other words from web crawler
- web crawling, noun
Words Nearby web crawler
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