Bot

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bot \Bot\, n. (Zool.)
     See {Bots}.
     [1913 Webster] Botanic

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  bot
       n : botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse
           or sheep or human

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)
       
       

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)