Bot is an abbreviation for robot, and is a general term for applications and programs that automatically perform processing on behalf of humans, mainly on devices such as computers and smartphones.
Bots continue to evolve, have more functions, and are widely used in business and daily life.
A bot has two broad meanings, depending on the context in which it is used, in the broad sense that it automatically performs processing on behalf of humans.
Bots used for security related purposes
When used in the security context, bot refers to a type of computer virus, which is primarily a malicious malicious program.
A bot, which is a computer virus, is a technique used by a malicious attacker to remotely control a target computer from outside.
When a targeted computer is attacked and infected by a bot, it is incorporated into a bot network made up of other computers infected with the bot, and is used unnoticed as a means of sending spam emails or attacking servers under the instructions of a malicious attacker. It will be used by me.
bot as a program
A Chatbot is a program that automatically operates on the Internet in place of a human to communicate via text or conversation.
The voice assistant function (Cortana) developed by Microsoft, which is used in smartphones, and the virtual assistant (Siri) developed by Apple, are also types of chatbots.
Chatbots are used as a point of contact for answering questions and inquiries from consumers on corporate websites and product and service sites.
Also, on Twitter, an account that automatically posts tweets at set intervals is called a Twitter bot.
In addition to automatic tweets, Twitter bots also automatically reply and respond to specified keywords.
Search engines such as Google collect data and create databases using bots (searchbots) that automatically crawl the ever-expanding number of websites on the Internet.
Additionally, in online games, programs that automatically control gameplay on behalf of the player are called bots.
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