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WEB SPIDER [1 record]

Record 1 2014-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A simple program that scans the Web, crawling from link to link in search of new [websites] and recording the URLs [Uniform Resource Locators].

OBS

web crawler; web spider; web robot: The Translation Bureau recommends in its revised 2013 Linguistic Recommendation that “web” not be capitalized when it is part of a compound, whether the compound is written as two words or one, with or without a hyphen.

Key term(s)
  • Web robot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Programme qui parcourt la toile pour en extraire des éléments de repérage de contenus, destinés à être utilisés par un moteur de recherche.

OBS

robot Web : Le Bureau de la traduction préconise dans sa Recommandation linguistique révisée en 2013 la majuscule initiale lorsque «Web» est employé après un nom qu’il qualifie. Il est toujours invariable.

OBS

collecteur : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 1er janvier 2013.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Internet y telemática
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