Bot (disambiguation): Difference between revisions

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This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same or a similar title.

For bot guidelines on Citizendium, see CZ:Bot_policy

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

In Sweden, a song called "Boten Anna" became a hit in the middle of 2006. It is about an IRC bot.

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 {{disambig}}
-For bot guidelines on Citizendium, see [[Citizendium_Pilot:Bots]].
+''For bot guidelines on Citizendium, see [[CZ:Bot_policy]]''
 '''Bot''' may refer to:
-* [[Robot]], a mechanical device that can perform physical tasks
+{{rpl|Robot}}
 * [[Internet bot]], a type of computer program to do automated tasks
-** [[Computer game bot]], a computer controlled player or opponent
+** [[Video game bot]], a computer controlled player or opponent
-** [[Botnet]], a network of "zombie" computers used to do automated tasks such as spamming or reversing spamming
+{{rpl|Botnet}}
 ** [[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
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 * [[Alienware Bot]], a brand of desktop computer
 * [[Bote]], a legal compensation, and the origin of the phrase ''to boot''
-* [[Bernard Bot]], the current [[Netherlands|Dutch]] Minister of Foreign Affairs
+* [[Bernard Bot]], former [[Netherlands|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.
+* In [[Sweden]], a song called "Boten Anna" became a hit in the middle of 2006. It is about an IRC bot.
 ==See also==
 * [[BOT]]
 * [[Bots (band)]]