ALL meanings of bot
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B b - countable noun bot A bot is a computer program that carries out tasks for other programs or users, especially on the Internet. 3
- noun bot the larva of a botfly, which typically develops inside the body of a horse, sheep, or human 3
- noun bot any similar larva 3
- noun bot a mild illness in humans 3
- verb bot to scrounge or borrow 3
- verb bot to scrounge (from); impose (on) 3
- noun bot a scrounger 3
- noun bot an autonomous computer program that performs time-consuming tasks, esp on the internet 3
- noun bot the buttocks 3
- abbreviation BOT Board of Trade 3
- abbreviation BOT botanical 3
- abbreviation BOT botany 3
- noun bot the larva of the botfly 3
- noun bot robot 3
- noun bot a computer program that executes a specific task according to the user's instructions 3
- abbreviation BOT botanist 3
- noun Technical meaning of bot (networking, chat, 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 hypertext links 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. 1
- noun bot a person who cadges; scrounger. 1
- noun bot The larva of a bot fly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses. 0
- noun bot (Informal) (science fiction) A physical robot. 0
- noun bot (computing) A piece of software designed to complete a minor but repetitive task automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account. 0
- noun bot (video games) A computer-controlled character in a multiplayer video game, such as a first-person shooter. 0
- verb bot (Slang) (Britain) To bugger. 0
- verb bot (Informal) (Australia) To ask for and be given something with the direct intention of exploiting the thing’s usefulness, almost exclusively with cigarettes. 0
- verb bot (video games) To use a bot, or automated program. 0