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A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

bot A program that carries out some repetitive or periodic task for a user. Typical tasks include finding email addresses for SPAMMING programs, gathering WEB PAGE statistics, providing updates for a user when stock prices change, EMAIL FILTERing, and maliciously sending a POSTING to any NEWSGROUP that it encounters. See also CANCELBOT, CHATTERBOT, NEWS BOT, and GOVERNMENT BOT. Bots are similar to AGENTS; indeed there is no hard and fast rule for determining whether a program is a bot or an agent. The derivation of the word is unclear. Two derivations place it as a shortened form of the word ‘robot’ and as an abbreviation for ‘Box o' Tricks’.

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bot

A Dictionary of Buddhism | 2004 | | Copyright

bot (Thai). The main sanctuary of a temple.

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bot

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

bot •allot, begot, Bernadotte, blot, bot, capot, clot, cocotte, cot, culotte, dot, forgot, garrotte (US garrote), gavotte, got, grot, hot, jot, knot, lot, Mayotte, motte, not, Ott, outshot, plot, pot, rot, sans-culotte, Scot, Scott, shallot, shot, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, swot, tot, trot, twat, undershot, Wat, Watt, what, wot, yacht •robot • hotshot • peridot • microdot •Wyandot • polka dot • fylfot • mascot •Caldecott • carrycot • apricot •boycott • dovecote • sandlot • melilot •polyglot • Camelot • ocelot •monoglot • sub-plot • Lancelot •cachalot • counterplot • Wilmot •guillemot • motmot • bergamot

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