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7 June 2024
Last modified: 31 January, 2022
A bot, short for robot, is a computer program capable of automatically carrying out a designated task without direct human control. There are many different types of bots – both good and bad – and they operate (and communicate) via internet-based services. Examples include chatbots, shopbots, crawlers, spambots, and hackers.