What is the name of a program that follows hyperlinks, collecting information about Web sites?
A) demon
B) hacker
C) spider
D) trawler
E) worm

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A program that follows hyperlinks and collects information about websites is commonly known as a spider, web crawler, or web scraper. These programs are used for various purposes such as indexing web pages for search engines, data mining, or monitoring changes in web content. "Demon", "hacker", and "worm" are not accurate names for this type of program.

What Is the Name of a Program That Follows Hyperlinks