Bot (disambiguation)

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Bot may refer to:

Robot: Virtual or mechanical artificial agent, usually an electro-mechanical machine which is guided by computer or electronic programming, and is thus able to do tasks on its own. ^[e]
Internet bot, a type of computer program to do automated tasks
- Video game bot, a computer controlled player or opponent
Botnet: A set of compromised computers which can collectively provide services to a "bot herder". ^[e]
- 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, former 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.