資料來源 : pyDict
蜘蛛,設圈套者
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Spider \Spi"der\, n.[OE. spi[thorn]re, fr. AS. spinnan to spin;
-- so named from spinning its web; cf. D. spin a spider, G.
spinne, Sw. spindel. Seee {Spin}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of arachnids
comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles
converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is
large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of
spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin
threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect
their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs
to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are
usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on
the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under
{Araneina}.
Note: Spiders are divided into two principal groups: the
Dipneumona, having two lungs: and the Tetrapneumona,
having four lungs. See {Mygale}. The former group
includes several tribes; as, the jumping spiders (see
{Saltigrad[ae]}), the wolf spiders, or {Citigrad[ae]}
(see under {Wolf}), the crab spiders, or
{Laterigrad[ae]} (see under {Crab}), the garden, or
geometric, spiders, or {Orbitell[ae]} (see under
{Geometrical}, and {Garden}), and others. See {Bird
spider}, under {Bird}, {Grass spider}, under {Grass},
{House spider}, under {House}, {Silk spider}, under
{Silk}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of various other arachnids resembling
the true spiders, especially certain mites, as the red
spider (see under {Red}).
3. An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil
in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used
over coals on the hearth.
4. A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire.
資料來源 : WordNet®
spider
n 1: predatory arachnid that usually has silk-spinning organs at
the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons
for eggs or traps for prey
2: a computer program that prowls the internet looking for
publicly accessible resources that can be added to a
database; the database can then be searched with a search
engine [syn: {wanderer}]
3: a skillet made of cast iron
資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
spider
(Or "robot", "crawler") A program that
automatically explores the {World-Wide Web} by retrieving a
document and recursively retrieving some or all the documents
that are referenced in it. This is in contrast with a normal
{web browser} operated by a human that doesn't automatically
follow links other than {inline images} and {URL redirection}.
The {algorithm} used to pick which references to follow
strongly depends on the program's purpose. {Index}-building
spiders usually retrieve a significant proportion of the
references. The other extreme is spiders that try to validate
the references in a set of documents; these usually do not
retrieve any of the links apart from redirections.
The {standard for robot exclusion} is designed to avoid some
problems with spiders.
Early examples were {Lycos} and {WebCrawler}.
{Home
(http://info.webcrawler.com/mak/projects/robots/robots.html)}.
(2001-04-30)