screen-scraping

A form of screen-scrape — To extract data from (a source such as a webpage) by picking it out from among the human-readable content.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of screen-scrape
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APA

screen-scraping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screen-scraping

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“screen-scraping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screen-scraping. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screen-scraping,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screen-scraping.

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