data scraping

noun

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

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Meanings

noundata scraping (countable and uncountable, plural data scrapings)

plural data scrapings

  1. uncountablecomputingA technique in which a computer program extracts data from human-readable output coming from another program.
  2. countablecomputingAn 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

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

data scraping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20scraping

MLA

“data scraping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20scraping. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “data scraping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20scraping.

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