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scraping

n. uncountable
C1 Advanced US //ˈskɹeɪpɪŋ// UK //skɹˈeɪpɪŋ// scrap·ing

n. the process of using a computer program to copy data from a website. It is a fast way to collect a lot of information at once.

n. the automated extraction of data from websites or digital documents. Often involves parsing HTML to transform unstructured web content into a structured database format.


SIMPLE

Web scraping helps us track price changes on different sites.

CONTEXTUAL

The marketing team used web scraping to gather customer reviews from several different retail platforms for their analysis.

COMPLEX

While scraping provides valuable datasets for research, developers must ensure their scripts do not violate the website's terms of service or overwhelm the host server with excessive requests.

Synonyms
Etymology 1

From Middle English scrapinge, equivalent to scrape + -ing.

Etymology 2

From scrape + -ing.

Usage

Often used as a gerund or as part of the compound noun 'web scraping'.

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