botnet

[ bot-net ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Computers.

a network of computers created by malware and controlled remotely, without the knowledge of the users of those computers:
The botnet was used primarily to send spam emails.
Hackers built the botnet to carry out DDoS attacks.

botnet

/ ˈbɒtˌnɛt /

sometimes with a capital a network of computers infected by a program that communicates with its creator in order to send unsolicited emails, attack websites, etc

Origin of botnet¹

First recorded in 1990–95 in earlier sense “a network of bots”; bot ¹ + net(work)

Origin of botnet¹

C20: from ( ro ) bot + net ( work )

The attacks are often coordinated by a botnet, a web of compromised computers acting at the whim of the hackers behind the attack.

The attack was accomplished by means of a botnet, and for that I felt bad, but it was in the service of a good cause.

There are so many infected PCs on the Internet that the price of hiring an hour or two on a botnet has crashed.

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