The fetcher daemon is responsible for downloading and installing updates to the WebNOT and NewsNOT ratings databases.

a sub-program of ArcWeb that is used to actually get the pages - ArcWeb is purely a display program and knows nothing about how to get the pages - it just sends out a message and any fetcher that is loaded and supports the required protocol gets the page and returns it to ArcWeb for display - thus it is possible to use FTP and Gopher through ArcWeb as well as the more obvious HTTP - there is also the special Local fetcher for getting pages stored on your hard disc

an informal term used for a program that fetches anything from the internet

One who fetches or brings.