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Knowbot
(KNOWledge roBOT) A Unix-based system for software agents that roam a distributed network, such as the Internet, in order to gather or distribute information. Developed by the Corporation for National Research Initiatives, Reston, VA (www.cnri.reston.va.us) and written in Python, the Knowbot Operating System is server software that hosts and interacts with the Knowbot mobile agents.
knowbot [′nō‚bät]
(computer science)
A program which, when given a request, searches and retrieves information on the Internet. Also known as intelligent agent, knowledge robot.
(World-Wide Web)knowbot - A kind of bot that collects information by automatically gathering certain specified information from websites.
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Computer Mediated Communication Core Uses for Special System ... by Benedict Smythe / Computers and Internet community
KNOWBOT: Using the Knowbot Information Service enables an Internet user to find another's address.
THE NET; These aliens have landed by Low, Bob / Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Some years ago, Apple Computers produced a video showing the Knowledge Navigator, sort of an information valet or what some are now calling a knowbot (knowledge + robot)--that is, an automated valet or maid that knows not only its client's informational needs but also the client's Personal qualities to shape the package of information.
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