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scraping
[ skrey-ping ]
noun
- the act of a person or thing that scrapes.
- the sound of something being scraped.
- Usually scrapings. something that is scraped off, up, or together.
- Digital Technology. the process of extracting data from a digital source for automated replication, formatting, or manipulation by a computer program, as in data mining or website data analysis: web scraping;
screen scraping;
web scraping;
URL scraping.
scraping
/ ˈskreɪpɪŋ /
noun
- the act of scraping
- a sound produced by scraping
- often plural something scraped off, together, or up; a small amount
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- scraping·ly adverb
- non·scraping adjective
- un·scraping adjective
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This model’s design combines scraping and pressing motions with added warmth and air compression.
Facebook, LinkedIn, Peloton and Clubhouse have all fallen victim to scraping attacks that abuse access to APIs to pull in data about users on their platforms.
As LinkedIn and Clubhouse have shown, no company can completely eliminate scraping or prevent data sets like these from appearing.
The mitt has a modern plush feel, soft thick fleece, and an elastic band to make sure it stays put during intense scrapings.
That scraping, as it’s known, wouldn’t have been so easy for a bigger site with more security precautions in place, security experts said.
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