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(1) (roBOT) A program used on the Internet that performs a repetitive function such as posting a message to multiple newsgroups or searching for information or news. Bots are used to provide comparison shopping. Bots also keep a channel open on the Internet Relay Chat (IRC). The term is used for all variety of macros and intelligent agents that are Internet or Web related. See botnet, spambot and agent.

(2) (BOT) Beginning of tape. Similar to BOF.

(networking, chat, World-Wide Web)bot - (From "robot") Any type 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 website and customises the site for that user.

Knowbots collect specific information from websites.


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Keeble's interpretive reading is perfect: as the voice of Cledwyn Bott he is a likeable and entirely credible working-class naif; as the other characters, he can switch accents and perspectives effortlessly and be equally convincing.
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David Hardesty of Larkspur-based Wilson Markle Stuckey Hardesty & Bott, has written two new books: Director's Guide to Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance and Practical Guide to Corporate Governance and Accounting: Implementing the Requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act .
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The Lois Foster Wing The Rose Art Museum Domestic Archeology:Boston and Beyond Brandeis University, Waltham Davis Bliss, Karsten Bott, Haim Steinbach, 415 South Street Douglas Weathersby, Edythe Wright Tel (781) 736 3434 January 21 - March 28 Fax (781) 736 343 In the Spotlight: A selection of recent acquisitions from the Brandeis University Art Collection January 21 - May 2 The Mildred S.
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