crawler

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crawl·er / ˈkrôlər/ • n. a thing that crawls or moves at a slow pace, esp. an insect. ∎  (in full crawler tractor) a tractor or other vehicle moving on an endless caterpillar track. ∎  Comput. a program that searches the World Wide Web, typically in order to create an index of data.

crawler

views updated May 21 2018

crawler See spider.

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