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data scraping

data scraping noun: a technique in which a computer program extracts data from human-readable output coming from another program.

Noun

data scraping (countable and uncountable, plural data scrapings)

  1. (uncountable) A technique in which a computer program extracts data from human-readable output coming from another program.
  2. (countable) An application of this technique.
    • OpenCorporates collects corporate data from public open data sources, official APIs, and data scrapings, and transforms it all into a standard form.2019, Jack Lord, “Corporate Ownership”, in Tim Davies et al., editors, The State of Open Data: Histories and Horizons, →ISBN, page 57

Forms of data scraping

pluraldata scrapings

Questions about data scraping

What does data scraping mean?
Data scraping means a technique in which a computer program extracts data from human-readable output coming from another program.
What part of speech is data scraping?
Data scraping is a noun.
What is the plural of data scraping?
The plural of data scraping is data scrapings.

Words near data scraping in the dictionary

  1. data rooms
  2. data rot
  3. data science
  4. data scientist
  5. data scientists
  6. data scraping
  7. data scrapings
  8. data scrubbing
  9. data set
  10. data sets
  11. data sheet

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