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As known as a robot: a piece of software which trawls the internet for information to send back to search engines.

Same as “crawler.”

late 14c., spydyr, spither, from earlier spiþre, spiþur, spiþer (mid-14c.), from Old English spiðra, from Proto-Germanic *spin-thron- (cognate with Danish spinder), literally "the spinner," [..]

A process search engines use to investigate new pages on a web site and collect the information that needs to be put in their indices.

A term used to describe search engines such as Yahoo and Alta Vista, because of the way they cruise all over the world wide web to find information. It is a software program which combs the web for new sites and updated information on old ones, like a spider looking for a fly. Source: Lazworld

A piece of software (also called a Web crawler) designed to follow hyperlinks to their completion, and return information on Internet addresses passed.

Spider [N] [S]The trust of the hypocrite is compared to the spider's web or house ( Job 8:14 ). It is said of the wicked by Isaiah that they "weave the spider's web" ( 59:5 ), i.e. [..]

eight-legged animal (arachnid) that usually spins webs to catch food.

Webcrawler A seach engine program which enables the examination of internet files by following hypertext links. When visiting a website they often look for a robots.txt file in the root directory whic [..]

 See crawler.

A software robot that serves a search engine by exploring the net, collecting web page addresses and page contents, and following links from them to other addresses to collect still more web informati [..]

A spider daylily is one with long, narrow blossom segments. True spiders are daylilies in which a length-to-width ratio of 5 to 1 has been achieved. The term, however, has typically been applied more loosely, and there are many so-called spiders that do not meet that specification.

a program that downloads web pages and follows links to explore every web page it can find, usually with the goal of indexing every web page for a search engine, but also used to do other forms of res [..]

The part of the right crankarm to which the chainrings are attached. Some spiders are integral and others can be removed.

predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey a compute [..]

Definition Spiders are robot programs that are used by search engines to scan the entire Internet and index the words found on the websites into a database. These databases are then used to to give se [..]

See bot, droid.

A spider is a software program that travels the Web (hence the name "spider"), locating and indexing websites for search engines. All the major search engines, such as Google and Yahoo!, use [..]

WebGuest Dictionary Small piece of software (also known as a (ro)bot), used by some search engines  to index Web sites . Spiders search the Web  to find URLs  that match to the given query string  .

is a computer program used by search engines to find links to webpages.

A program that visits web sites and reads its pages and other information. Also called "bots", "robots" or "crawlers" and primarily used by search [..]

an Order of predatory arthropods in the Class Arachnida. They are known for their silk and webs. Read more on: Spider

The Hebrew word 'accabish in (Job 8:24; Isaiah 59:5) is correctly rendered "spider." Put semamith is wrongly translated "spider" in (Proverbs 30:28) it refers probably to some [..]

The trust of the hypocrite is compared to the spider's web or house (Job 8:14). It is said of the wicked by Isaiah that they "weave the spider's web" (59:5), i.e., their works and [..]

Definition SPDR. Shares of a security designed to track the value of the S&P 500. Spiders trade on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol SPY. One SPDR unit is valued at approximately one-te [..]

A program that automatically fetches Web pages. Spiders are used to feed pages to search engines. It's called a spider because it crawls over the Web. Another term for these programs is webcrawle [..]

Spider is used as both a noun and a verb. Search engine spiders (aka "spiders") are software applications used by search engines to index web pages. They "spider" the web by following links from one page to another. A site is said to have been spidered after a search engine has crawled and indexed its contents.

The part of the right crankarm to which the chainrings are attached. Some spiders are integral and others can be removed.

A program that surfs the Internet jumping from one page to the next by following links just like a human would. The spider's job is to store ('index') all the information it finds. A search engine like Google makes use of spiders to collect information from and about websites to facilitate its web search.

See: crawler.

Another, less commonly used, term for Spreader.

To dream of a spider, denotes that you will be careful and energetic in your labors, and fortune will be amassed to pleasing proportions. To see one building its web, foretells that you will be happy and secure in your own home. To kill one, signifies quarrels with your wife or sweetheart. If one bites you, you will be the victim of unfaithfulness [..]

A spider is multi-armed part of a crank to which one or more chainrings are attached. With most good quality cranks, the spider is an integral part of the right crank. Older, cheaper cranks commonly h [..]

See Crawler.

See “Crawler.”

A gadget used for adding and retrieving deep-frying foods to or from the hot oil.

Also known as a crawler or ant, a program that uses hyperlinks to make methodical searches of the web to provide information about pages for search engines.

Search engine crawlers which search or "spider" the web for pages to include in the index.

A small piece of plastic that holds CDs in a card case.

An internal speaker component whose function is to precisely position the voice coil in relation to a gap in the motor.

 a predatory invertebrate animal with eight legs and two body segments. It is popularly thought to be an insect of the Class Insecta, but it is actually an arachnid of the Class Arachnida.

Besides being an insect, a spider refers to a software program that crawls the Web, indexing web pages for a search engine. The spider travels from link to link, indexing all the content on a site. On [..]

A software program that “crawls” the Web, searching and indexing Web pages to create a database that can be easily searched by a search engine.

A computer program that travels the Internet to locate Web documents and FTP resources. It indexes the documents in a database, which is then searched using a search engine (such as AltaVista or Excit [..]

A spider is a program which browses the World Wide Web in a methodical, automated manner. A web crawler is one type of bot. Web crawlers not only keep a copy of all the visited pages for later processing - for example by a search engine but also index these pages to make the search narrower.

A program that “crawls” or catalogs the Internet. Used by search engines to find and rank pages.

What Google uses to navigate (or crawl) websites so it knows how to index them for search results.

A search engine robot that searches or “crawls” the web for pages to include in the index and/or search results.

See Crawler

Also known as a bot, robot or crawler. Programs used by a search engine to discover, download and index mobile web content.

Search engines uses spiders to crawl linked pages of a website to index them and determine their rankings in regards to search terms.

A program that automatically roams the Web looking for URL addresses and compiling a database of Web links.

Search engines wander over the Internet discovering new or changed html pages. They index the words of declared keywords in them. This sniffing process is called spidering. The Altavista people used t [..]

Also known as a bot, robot or crawler, a spider is the program which the search engines use to crawl a website. Your site needs to be accessible to the spiders, who’ll make note of the content and cod [..]

A nasty that you can be tricked into putting on your computer (by clicking a bad link). Spyware secretly learns stuff about you from your computer and gives it to someone you don’t know online.

A bot or piece of software that is used to crawl the internet and index data.

A software program that "crawls" the Web

A spider is a cast-iron skillet or frying pan.  At one time, this cooking vessel had three long metal legs (enabling it to be set directly over the coals of a hearth fire).  It was from these legs (si [..]

A long-handled, cast-iron frying pan, so named because it originally had legs attached for standing it over coals in the fireplace.

(n) predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey(n) a [..]

Bruce and the spider. In the spring of 1305, Robert Bruce was crowned at Scone king of Scotland, but, being attacked by the English, retreated first to the wilds of Athole, and then to the little isla [..]

Man Cartoon Maker - The Spider-Man Cartoon Maker was a recreational software package that allows the user to create animations with a minimal level of sophistication by utilising a library of backdrop [..]

An automated program that reads webpages from a website, then follows the hypertext links to other pages. If the Internet is a "web", then a spider is something that follows the strands of [..]

See "Bot" Splash Page

 A computer program that is used by a search engine to discover, download, and index mobile web content. If not removed from your analytics, they can grossly inflate your numbers.  

The part of the right crankarm to which the chainrings are attached. Some spiders are integral and others can be removed.

Arthropods of the class Arachnida, order Araneae. Except for Mites and Ticks, spiders constitute the largest order of Arachnids, with approximately 37,000 species having been described. The majority o [..]

A venomous New World Spider with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the Abdomen.

A Spider of the genus Loxosceles, found in the midwestern and other parts of the United States, which carries a hemolytic Venom that produces local Necrosis or ulceration.

An outrigger used to hold a block clear of a mast or of the ship's side.

An outrigger used to hold a block clear of a mast or of the ship's side.

A small frying-pan with a long handle. It may be an improvised one.

In the context of the Internet, a spider is a specialized software designed to systematically crawl and browse the World Wide Web usually for the purpose of indexing Web pages in order to provide them [..]

eight-legged animal; body composed of a cephalothorax bearing the legs and an abdomen bearing two or more pairs of spinnerets used for spinning silk threads to make nests, cocoons, or webs for trappin [..]

See Web Spider.

The dartboard wire assembly which forms the beds

The metal web that divede the dart board.

refers to an inconsistency or canon discrepancy in the plot or dialogue of a story. The Magnificent Seven

the flexible material that supports the former, voice coil, and inside portion of the cone within the speaker frame.

see Crawler

The part of the right crankarm to which the chainrings are attached. Some spiders are integral and others can be removed.

a security representing one-tenth the value of the S&P 500 index. Spiders trade like a stock. Spiders are a means of owning the index without buying mutual fund shares. 

(1) Another name for a S&P 500 Depositary Receipt. (2) Type of security traded as stocks, but valued at one-tenth the S&P 500 index.

See: SPDRs