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Meaning of data scraping | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A technique in which a computer program extracts data from human-readable output coming from another program.
    uncountable
  2. An application of this technique.
    countable

Examples

“OpenCorporates collects corporate data from public open data sources, official APIs, and data scrapings, and transforms it all into a standard form.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

data scrubbing data set data sink data slam data smoothing data snooping

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