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What (who) is crawler - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Crawlers; Crawler (disambiguation)

crawler         
A crawler is a computer program that visits websites and collects information when you do an Internet search. (COMPUTING)
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Crawler         
·noun One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile.
crawler         
¦ noun
1. a person or thing that crawls.
a vehicle moving on an endless caterpillar track.
2. Computing a program that searches the Internet in order to create an index of data.

Wikipedia

Crawler

Crawler may refer to:

  • Web crawler, a computer program that gathers and categorizes information on the World Wide Web
  • A first-instar nymph of a scale insect that has legs and walks around before it attaches itself and becomes stationary
  • Crawler (BEAM) in robotics
  • A type of crane on tracks
  • "Crawlers" (Into the Dark), an episode of the second season of Into the Dark
  • The Crawler, an episode of the cartoon Extreme Ghostbusters
  • Crawler (album), an album by IDLES
  • Crawler (band), a British rock band
  • Crawlers (band), a British rock band
  • A fictional creature in the video game Fable III
  • A fictional creature in the movie The Descent
Examples of use of crawler
1. The 3.4–mile journey aboard the massive crawler–transporter started at 8:47 a.m.
2. Would you want this third–rate crawler on your defence team?
3. Discovery‘s trek of a little more than 4 miles was expected to take about seven hours aboard a crawler–transporter.
4. She said sending information to Google is simpler than building the site so that Google‘s automated crawler captures the information.
5. He also said he "impuned" the character of Ms Mills–McCartney by suggesting, in his police interview, that she was a kerb crawler and a cocaine user.