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data scrapings

data scrapings is the plural of data scraping.

Meaning of data scraping

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

Questions about data scrapings

What is data scrapings the plural of?
Data scrapings is the plural of data scraping.

Words near data scrapings in the dictionary

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

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