Web Scraping Dictionary
Learn about Web Scraping terms and what they mean.
Definition updated on July 2023
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Throttling
What is throttling?
Another pattern that might be necessary for today's apps, services, and APIs is throttling. Throttling in this context refers to a technique used to prevent some users from abusing a web service's resources by restricting the number of requests a user may make in a given period of time.
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