web scraping
[ web skrey-ping ]
/ ˈwɛb ˌskreɪ pɪŋ /
noun Digital Technology.
the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping.Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.
Also called
web data extraction,
web harvesting.
Origin of web scraping
First recorded in 2000–05
OTHER WORDS FROM web scraping
web scrap·er, nounWords nearby web scraping
web member,
web page,
web pal,
web press,
web publisher,
web scraping,
web server,
web site,
web spinner,
web-based,
web-fed