crawler
noun/ˈkrɔːlə(r)/
/ˈkrɔːlər/
(informal)- (British English, disapproving) a person who tries to get somebody’s favour by praising them, doing what will please them, etc.
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- a thing or person that crawls, such as a vehicle, an insect or a baby
- (computing) a program that searches the internet in order to record and list data
- The more content you've got, the more easily search engine crawlers can find you.
- Search engines depend on web crawlers to index the internet.
see also kerb-crawler
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