scraping

Etymology 1

From Middle English scrapinge, equivalent to scrape + -ing.

noun

1. The sound or action of something being scraped.
   We explored the basement, wherein she had so often heard heavy footsteps, thuddings, and scrapings. 2003, Brad Steiger, Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places, page 30
2. Something removed by being scraped.
   the scrapings of roads and ditches
3. (computing) Automated collection of data, data scraping.
   The practice of scraping the internet is longstanding and was largely disclosed by the companies and nonprofit organizations that did it. But it was not well understood or seen as especially problematic by the companies that owned the data. 2023-07-15, Sheera Frenkel, Stuart A. Thompson, “‘Not for Machines to Harvest’: Data Revolts Break Out Against A.I.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Etymology 2

From scrape + -ing.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of scrape