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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bot \Bot\, noun (Zo["o]l.) See {Bots}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bot
noun: botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
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 {nick}s 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/'. 3. Term used, though less commonly, for a web {spider}. The file for controlling spider behavior on your site is officially the "Robots Exclusion File" and its URL is "http:///robots.txt")
Note that bots in all senses were 'robots' when the terms first appeared in the early 1990s, but the shortened form is now habitual.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
bot (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)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
BOT Back On Topic (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
BOT Beginning Of Tape
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
BOT Broadcast Online TV
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
BOT Build, Operate and Transfer (networke)
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