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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bot \Bot\, n. (Zo["o]l.) See {Bots}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bot n : botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [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 (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: bot 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) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: BOT Back On Topic (slang, Usenet, IRC) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: BOT Broadcast Online TV From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: BOT Beginning Of Tape From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: BOT Build, Operate and Transfer (networke)
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