bot
n. robot, program that simulates a user in a MUD game or in a group chat on the Internet (Computers); parasitic larva of a botfly | ||||
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Bot Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary |
Bot
Shorthand for bought. Antithesis of SL, meaning sold.
Shorthand for bought. Antithesis of SL, meaning sold.
Bot Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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bot
<networking, chat, World-Wide Web> (From "robot") Any type of autonomous software that operates as an agent for a user or a program or simulates a human activity. On the Internet, the most popular bots are programs (called spiders or crawlers) used for searching. They access web sites, retrieve documents and follow all the hyperlinks in them; then they generate catalogs that are accessed by search engines.
A chatbot converses with humans (or other bots). A shopbot searches the Web to find the best price for a product. Other bots (such as OpenSesame) observe a user's patterns in navigating a web site and customises the site for that user.
Knowbots collect specific information from web sites.
(1999-05-20)
<networking, chat, World-Wide Web> (From "robot") Any type of autonomous software that operates as an agent for a user or a program or simulates a human activity. On the Internet, the most popular bots are programs (called spiders or crawlers) used for searching. They access web sites, retrieve documents and follow all the hyperlinks in them; then they generate catalogs that are accessed by search engines.
A chatbot converses with humans (or other bots). A shopbot searches the Web to find the best price for a product. Other bots (such as OpenSesame) observe a user's patterns in navigating a web site and customises the site for that user.
Knowbots collect specific information from web sites.
(1999-05-20)
| Jargon File |
bot
n [common on IRC, MUD and among gamers; from `robot'] 1. An IRC or MUD user who is actually a program. On IRC, typically the robot provides some useful service. Examples are NickServ, which tries to prevent random users from adopting nicks already claimed by others, and MsgServ, which allows one to send asynchronous messages to be delivered when the recipient signs on. Also common are `annoybots', such as KissServ, which perform no useful function except to send cute messages to other people. Service bots are less common on MUDs; but some others, such as the `Julia' bot active in 1990-91, have been remarkably impressive Turing-test experiments, able to pass as human for as long as ten or fifteen minutes of conversation. 2. An AI-controlled player in a computer game (especially a first-person shooter such as Quake) which, unlike ordinary monsters, operates like a human-controlled player, with access to a player's weapons and abilities. An example can be found at http://www.telefragged.com/thefatal/.
n [common on IRC, MUD and among gamers; from `robot'] 1. An IRC or MUD user who is actually a program. On IRC, typically the robot provides some useful service. Examples are NickServ, which tries to prevent random users from adopting nicks already claimed by others, and MsgServ, which allows one to send asynchronous messages to be delivered when the recipient signs on. Also common are `annoybots', such as KissServ, which perform no useful function except to send cute messages to other people. Service bots are less common on MUDs; but some others, such as the `Julia' bot active in 1990-91, have been remarkably impressive Turing-test experiments, able to pass as human for as long as ten or fifteen minutes of conversation. 2. An AI-controlled player in a computer game (especially a first-person shooter such as Quake) which, unlike ordinary monsters, operates like a human-controlled player, with access to a player's weapons and abilities. An example can be found at http://www.telefragged.com/thefatal/.
Note that bots in both senses were `robots' when the term first appeared in the early 1990s, but the shortened form is now habitual.
| Computer Abbreviations v1.5 |
BOT
Beginning Of Table + Beginning of Tape + Robot
Beginning Of Table + Beginning of Tape + Robot
| 9300+ Computer Acronyms |
BOT
roBOT
roBOT
| Uri's File.*Xten.c.ons* |
BOT
Beginning Of Table + Beginning of Tape + Robot
Beginning Of Table + Beginning of Tape + Robot
| Jensen's Technology Glossary |
Bot
a roBot that usually is a software program that can be good (administering or policing on the network) or bad (causing evil) on the network. Bots commonly are used in real audio chat lines. A WebBot are "smart objects" that can be inserted into web pages to perform tasks that otherwise would require CGI scripting or some other dynamic action programming. WebBots can help set up dynamic chat lines, time image appearances, register and confirm actions, reference annotations, perform calculations, etc. Some HTML editors can be used to create WebBots. Microsoft FrontPage, for example, can be used for:
WebBot Confirmation Field component
WebBot Include component
WebBot Scheduled Image component
WebBot Scheduled Include component
WebBot Search component
WebBot Substitution component
WebBot Table of Contents component
WebBot Timestamp component
One example of a WebBot is the people search engine at http://www.nerdworld.com/ .
a roBot that usually is a software program that can be good (administering or policing on the network) or bad (causing evil) on the network. Bots commonly are used in real audio chat lines. A WebBot are "smart objects" that can be inserted into web pages to perform tasks that otherwise would require CGI scripting or some other dynamic action programming. WebBots can help set up dynamic chat lines, time image appearances, register and confirm actions, reference annotations, perform calculations, etc. Some HTML editors can be used to create WebBots. Microsoft FrontPage, for example, can be used for:
WebBot Confirmation Field component
WebBot Include component
WebBot Scheduled Image component
WebBot Scheduled Include component
WebBot Search component
WebBot Substitution component
WebBot Table of Contents component
WebBot Timestamp component
One example of a WebBot is the people search engine at http://www.nerdworld.com/ .
| Internet Glossary |
Bot
Short for robot, a computer program that runs automatically.
Short for robot, a computer program that runs automatically.
| INTERNET TERMS&ACRONYMSV1.0 |
BOT
Short for robot,a program designed to search the Internet looking for information.
Short for robot,a program designed to search the Internet looking for information.
SPIDER
A software robot that serves a search engine by exploring the net,collecting web page addresses and page contents,and following links from them to other addresses to collect still more web information.Also known as a worm or crawler.
| Internet and Chat Abbreviations |
BOT
Back On Topic
Back On Topic
| Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms |
Bot
A bot is an automated software program that can execute certain commands when it receives a specific input. (Kind of like a ro-bot, get it?) Bots are most often seen at work in the Internet-related areas of online chat (IRC) and web searching. The online chat bots are usually a nuisance. They will do things like greet people when they enter a chat room, advertise web sites, or kick people out of chat rooms with an accompanying nasty message. The web searching bots, also known as spiders and crawlers, search the Web and retrieve millions of HTML documents, then record the information and links found on the pages. They then generate catalogs of the sites they have searched which can later be accessed by a search engine.
A bot is an automated software program that can execute certain commands when it receives a specific input. (Kind of like a ro-bot, get it?) Bots are most often seen at work in the Internet-related areas of online chat (IRC) and web searching. The online chat bots are usually a nuisance. They will do things like greet people when they enter a chat room, advertise web sites, or kick people out of chat rooms with an accompanying nasty message. The web searching bots, also known as spiders and crawlers, search the Web and retrieve millions of HTML documents, then record the information and links found on the pages. They then generate catalogs of the sites they have searched which can later be accessed by a search engine.
Bot Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Bot
(n.)
See Bots.
(n.)
See Bots.
| WordNet 2.0 |
bot
Noun
1. botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
(hypernym) larva
Noun
1. botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
(hypernym) larva
| Australian Slang |
Bot
1. (older slang) person who cadges persistently; to cadge; 2. bottom; the buttocks; 3. computer program which performs a simple task somewhat resembling human activity, as greeting a user by name, etc. (from "(ro)bot")
1. (older slang) person who cadges persistently; to cadge; 2. bottom; the buttocks; 3. computer program which performs a simple task somewhat resembling human activity, as greeting a user by name, etc. (from "(ro)bot")
On the bot
cadging (perhaps because a cadger is parasitic like the bot a parasitic insect larva)
| English Slang Dictionary v1.2 |
botty
the buttocks; children's expression
the buttocks; children's expression
| hEnglish - advanced version |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Bot
Bot = n. a round body
Bot = n. a round body
Gweryn
Gweryn = n. a worm, a bot
Bot Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| ETSI and 3GPP |
BOT
Beginning Of Tape
Beginning Of Tape
| Abbreviation Airbus A340 |
BOT
Begin of Tape:
Begin of Tape:
| Airline Codes |
Air Botswana
Air Botswana (Botswana)
IATA: BP
ICAO: BOT
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Air Botswana (Botswana)
IATA: BP
ICAO: BOT
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| ICAO Airlines Codes |
BOT
Air Botswana Gaborne Botswana
Air Botswana Gaborne Botswana
Bot Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Klingon - English |
bot
v. prevent, block, prohibit
v. prevent, block, prohibit
Bot Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Olympic Games Glossary - A Babylon Glossary |
Bot Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Bot
Bot or BOT or similar may refer to:
Computers
- Internet bot, a computer program which does automated tasks
- Botnet, a network of "zombie" computers used to carry out automated tasks such as spamming, rulers = xBeNx, xCKx, pLazma
- Botsourcing, the assignment of tasks to an automated, or intelligent, programmed agent
- Computer game bot, a computer controlled player or opponent
- Alienware Bot, line of budget desktop PCs manufactured by Alienware
- Chatterbot, a computer program designed to simulate an intelligent conversation with a human
- Desktop Bot, software that resides on a computer and indexes content for the purpose of searching, tagging, or distribution
- BOTS, a computer game
- Bots (edi), open source EDI software
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Bote
In legal history, a bote, also spelled bot or bót, was a compensation, recompense, or amends. It is the source of a variety of other terms, including the following: manbote, which is amends paid to a lord for a servant who was killed; boteless, where no judgment or favor will acquit someone, as would be the case for sacrilege; fire-bote, house-bote, hedge-bote, plow-bote, etc. It is also the source of the common phrase to boot.
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