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Scraping

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001067

The process of automatically extracting data from human-readable output, such as a website, and converting it into a structured format for analysis or use in another application. Web scraping involves fetching a web page and then parsing its HTML code to pull out specific information like text, links, or images. This technique is distinct from using an API, which provides data in a pre-structured format.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-001067
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectInternet
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-001067",
  "term": "Scraping",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "The process of automatically extracting data from human-readable output, such as a website, and converting it into a structured format for analysis or use in another application. Web scraping involves fetching a web page and then parsing its HTML code to pull out specific information like text, links, or images. This technique is distinct from using an API, which provides data in a pre-structured format.",
  "subject": "Internet",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/scraping/"
}

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