[bot] 
| the larva of a botfly. |
[bot] | a person who cadges; scrounger. |
| a device or piece of software that can execute commands, reply to messages, or perform routine tasks, as online searches, either automatically or with minimal human intervention (often used in combination): intelligent infobots; shopping bots that help consumers find the best prices. |
| Board of Trade. |
| bot 1 also bott (bŏt) n.
[Middle English, probably of Low German origin.] |
| bot 2 (bŏt) n. A software program that imitates the behavior of a human, as by querying search engines or participating in chatroom or IRC discussions. [Short for robot.] |
BOT
bot (bŏt)
n.
The parasitic larva of a botfly.
bots A disease of mammals, especially cattle and horses, caused by infestation of the stomach or intestines with botfly larvae.
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 website and customises the site for that user.
Knowbots collect specific information from websites.
(1999-05-20)
| bot small computer program (from "robot") |
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