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SSC CHSL 2021 PYQ — Question 41

SSC CHSL - 16 April 2021 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q41

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A ______ is a software program that travels the web locating and indexing websites for
search engines

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct asnwer is option 1 i.e. spider.

  • A spider is an unmanned software program operated by a search engine that surfs the web just like we would.
  • The software spider often reads and then indexes the entire text of each website it visits into the main database of the search engine it is working for. 
  • As a software spider visits your site, it notes any links on your page to other sites. In any search engine's vast database are recorded and all the links between sites.