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Web scraping and automation dictionary

Confused by terminology? Use our dictionary to quickly understand what you need to know.

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What is web scraping?

Web scraping is extracting data and content from websites automatically
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What is RPA?

RPA stands for robotic process automation
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What is Puppeteer?

Puppeteer is a way for you to control the Chrome browser using JavaScript
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What is Cheerio?

Cheerio is an implementation of jQuery designed specifically for servers
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What is a headless browser?

A headless browser is a web browser with no graphical user interface
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What is an actor?

An Apify actor is a program that can carry out any task in a web browser
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