bot
Definition
Robot. Type of computer program that scours the internet, searching for the information requested (queried) by a user. Bot software automates repetitive tasks such as following all the hyperlinks on a website, thus saving hours or even days of mundane work. Also called crawler, web crawler, web spider.
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bot is in the Information Science & Technology and Internet & World Wide Web subjects.
bot appears in these other terms:
bottom fisher,
bottom line,
bottom-up pricing,
bottleneck principle,
bottom-up forecasting,
bottom-up investing,
balance of trade (BOT),
bottle,
botanicals,
bottomland
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