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bot

1

[ bot ]

noun

  1. Digital Technology. a software program that can execute commands, reply to messages, or perform routine tasks, as online searches, either automatically or with minimal human intervention (often used in combination): a customer service chatbot to answer product questions.

    a social media bot retweeting certain posts;

    a customer service chatbot to answer product questions.

  2. Informal. a robot.


bot

2
or bott

[ bot ]

noun

  1. the larva of a botfly ( def ).

bot

3

[ bot ]

noun

Australian Slang.
  1. a person who cadges; scrounger.

bot.

4

abbreviation for

  1. botanical.
  2. botanist.
  3. botany.
  4. bottle.

B.O.T.

5

abbreviation for

  1. Board of Trade.

bot.

1

abbreviation for

  1. botanical
  2. botany
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

BOT

2

abbreviation for

  1. Board of Trade
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bot

3

/ ²úÉ’³Ù /

noun

  1. the larva of a botfly, which typically develops inside the body of a horse, sheep, or man
  2. any similar larva
  3. informal.
    a mild illness in humans
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bot

4

/ ²úÉ’³Ù /

verb

  1. to scrounge or borrow
  2. introften foll byon to scrounge (from); impose (on)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a scrounger
  2. on the bot
    wanting to scrounge

    he's on the bot for a cigarette

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bot

5

/ ²úÉ’³Ù /

noun

  1. computing an autonomous computer program that performs time-consuming tasks, esp on the internet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bot

/ ²úų٠/

  1. A software program that imitates the behavior of a human, as by querying search engines or participating in chatroom discussions.
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of bot1

First recorded in 1985–90; bot 1def 2 first recorded in 1965–70; shortening of robot

Origin of bot2

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English; akin to Dutch bot, Frisian dialect botten (plural); further origin unknown

Origin of bot3

First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps shortening of botfly
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of bot1

C15: probably from Low German; related to Dutch bot , of obscure origin

Origin of bot2

C20: perhaps from botfly , alluding to the creature's bite; see bite (sense 12)

Origin of bot3

C20: from ( ro ) bot
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Indians bombarded Grok with everything – cricket gossip, political rants, Bollywood drama – and the bot took it all on, unapologetically and with some style.

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The Electric State follows Brown, Pratt and a succession of zany robots in an alternative version of 1990s America, where there has been a war between humans and intelligent bots.

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Although the posts might appear to be genuine public opinion, in fact it's a faked crowd – whether that's made up of bots or real people, who can be paid to coordinate their posts.

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He adds that "hundreds" of such bots would need to harvest the seabed at a time, bringing the spoils to a ship on the surface.

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Now imagine a world in which AI can do that, and imagine a world in which there is no regulatory demand that you know when you're talking to a computer, a bot or a human.

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