What (who) is bot - definition
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BOT; Bot (disambiguation); Bot (computing); Software robot; Botty Mcbotface
Bot
A colloquial expression for the English Board of Trade unit of
Electrical Supply. It is formed of the initials of the words "Board of
Trade." (See Unit, Board of Trade.)
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
bot1
¦ noun the larva of a botfly.
Origin
C16: prob. of Low Ger. origin.
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bot2
¦ noun Computing an autonomous program on a network which can interact with systems or users, especially in the manner of a player in some computer games.
Origin
1980s: shortening of robot.
Pronunciation examples for bot
1. bot?
Meltdown - Why Our Systems Fail _ Chris Clearfield & AndraÌs Tilcsik _ Talks at Google
2. bot platform.
NYC Tech Echosystem Projections _ Fred Wilson _ Talks at Google
3. If it's a bot, it's a very clever bot.
Ultrasylvania _ Brian Schirmer & Jeremy Saliba _ Talks at Google
4. Tiny Care Bot, which is just a bot that
Everyone's an Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too _ Jonny Sun _ Talks at Google
5. And as grandma-bot,
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Examples of use of bot
1. However, unlike the Cochin airport, the new airport will take the build–operate–transfer (BOT) route. «We decided to take the BOT route to avoid delay.
2. Bernard Rudolf Bot, minister of foreign affairs of the Netherlands.
3. It‘s parliament that initiated this idea," Bot said.
4. It means the Serbian people are on a pro–EU course," Bot said.
5. "But now Foreign Minister Ben Bot is suddenly declaring that the constitution is dead.