Bot (disambiguation)

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This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same or a similar title.

For bot guidelines on Citizendium, see CZ:Bot_policy. Bot may refer to:

  • Robot, a mechanical device that can perform physical tasks
  • Internet bot, a type of computer program to do automated tasks
    • Computer game bot, a computer controlled player or opponent
    • Botnet, a network of "zombie" computers used to do automated tasks such as spamming or reversing spamming
    • Botsourcing, the assignment of tasks to an automated, or intelligent, programmed agent
  • Chatterbot, a computer program designed to simulate an intelligent conversation with a human
  • Botfly, a harmful insect
  • Bot, Tarragona, a small municipality in the Terra Alta, Spain
  • Alienware Bot, a brand of desktop computer
  • Bote, a legal compensation, and the origin of the phrase to boot
  • Bernard Bot, the current Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs

Trivia

  • In Sweden, a song called "Boten Anna" became a hit in the middle of 2006. It is about an IRC bot.

See also