noun

web-scraping

web scraping, web harvesting

Web-scraping is used to collect data from websites.

Web-scraping is used to collect data from websites.

He wrote a script for web-scraping.

He wrote a script for web-scraping.

web-scraping for ((sth.)) the act of scraping for a purpose He wrote a script for web-scraping.

Synonyms: web harvesting, data extraction

A combination of 'web' (the internet) and 'scraping' (to gather or remove).

Imagine 'scraping' information off a webpage, like you might scrape paint off a wall, to collect it.

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