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Web spider

Web spider noun: a software program that gathers specific information in an automated and orderly way from the World Wide Web.

Noun

Web spider (plural Web spiders)

  1. (Internet) A software program that gathers specific information in an automated and orderly way from the World Wide Web.
    • More precisely, the typical workflow of a vulnerability scanners consists of the following steps: – First, a web spider crawls the site to find valid injection points2008, Richard Lippmann, Engin Kirda, Ari Trachtenberg, Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection: 11th International Symposium, page 194
    Synonyms:
    ant, automatic indexer, bot, Web crawler, Web robot, Web scutter

Synonyms of Web spider

Forms of Web spider

pluralWeb spiders
alternative formweb spider

Questions about Web spider

What does Web spider mean?
Web spider means a software program that gathers specific information in an automated and orderly way from the World Wide Web.
What part of speech is Web spider?
Web spider is a noun.
What is the plural of Web spider?
The plural of Web spider is Web spiders.

Words near Web spider in the dictionary

  1. web shop
  2. web shops
  3. web site
  4. web sites
  5. web space
  6. Web spider
  7. Web spiders
  8. web surfer
  9. web surfers
  10. web television
  11. web-based

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