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De - Pt| English Dictionary: bot | by the DICT Development Group |
| 4 results for bot | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Bot \Bot\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bots}. | |
| From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
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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/'. Note that bots in both senses were `robots' when the term first appeared in the early 1990s, but the shortened form is now habitual. | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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bot 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) | |
