Technique to read information from an electronic output form (such as adumb terminal or web page)

Akronim: Screen Scraper

Screen Scraper
A technique for reading the context of a screen (or form) into an
application. A screen scraper allows an application to read data from a
second application where the second application would not otherwise provide
a mechanism to supply that data.For example, screen scrapers provide one
means of interfacing to old legacy systems and might be used in place of a
dumb terminal. They can also be used with modern systems, for example a
screen scraper could be used to read information from an on-line banking
form - a secure application that would not otherwise permit information to
be obtained by an application.
Screen scrapers normally provide some means to control the
application/form that they are scraping. They are normally customised for a
specific application or form.
cf Web Scraper.

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