web crawler
or web·crawl·er
[ web-kraw-ler ]
/ ˈwɛbˌkrɔ lər /
noun Digital Technology.
(sometimes initial capital letter)
a computer program that retrieves data from a website, as in order to index web pages for a search engine.
Also called
spider.
Compare
bot1.
Origin of web crawler
First recorded in 1990–95
OTHER WORDS FROM web crawler
web crawling, nounWords nearby web crawler
web,
web 2.0,
web address,
web beacon,
web browser,
web crawler,
web design,
web designer,
web developer,
web directory,
web farm