Metacrawler
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Metacrawler is a noun meaning (Internet) An application that searches the Web using existing search engines.
Meaning
(Internet) An application that searches the Web using existing search engines.
Example Sentences
[…] searched the Web by harnessing existing search engines. These types of applications are called metacrawlers, and are a useful way of aggregating results from many search engine databases.
Word Forms
- metacrawlers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include metasearch, crawler, webcrawl, metanavigation, spider, metasite.
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