Bot

[Sarah]

1. Simple computer program used to perform highly repetitive operations, e.g. trawling websites to collect email addresses.

2. Computer program run concurrently with an online game to give the player an unfair advantage. Bots may alter the game environment, boost the abilities of the player's character or hinder opponents. Writing bots requires a great deal of skill; using them almost none.

[Zipporah Schumaker]

A bot (short for robot) is an automated program that runs over the Internet. Some bots run automatically, while others only execute commands when they receive specific input. There are many different types of bots, but some common examples include web crawlers, chat room bots, and malicious bots.
Web crawlers are used by search engines to scan websites on a regular basis. These bots crawl websites by following the links on each page. The crawler saves the contents of each page in the search index. By using complex algorithms, search engines can display the most relevant pages discovered by web crawlers for specific search queries.
Chat bots were one of the first types of automated programs to be called bots and became popular in the 1990s, with the rise of online chatrooms. These bots are scripts that look for certain text patterns submitted by chat room participants and respond with automated actions. For example, a chat bot might warn a user if his or language is inappropriate. If the user does not heed the warning, the bot might kick the user from the channel and may even block the user from returning. A more advanced type of chat bot, called a chatterbot can respond to messages in plain English, appearing to be an actual person. Both types of chat bots are used for chatroom moderation, which eliminates the need for an individual to monitor individual chatrooms.
While most bots are used for productive purposes, some are considered malware, since they perform undesirable functions. For example, spambots capture email addresses from website contact forms, address books, and email programs, then add them to a spam mailing list. Site scrapers download entire websites, enabling unauthorized duplication of a websites contents. DoS bots send automated requests to websites, making them unresponsive. Botnets, which consist of many bots working together, may be used to gain unauthorized access to computer systems and infect computers with viruses.

[Luis Fok]

You are a horrible player in a game, specifically CS:GO or [C-ops] (mobile game) and you just suck so badly that you play like [a bot], otherwise a [NPC] or something that isnt humanly controlled.

[Little_Girl]

a dumbass or someone who does [stupid shit]; Originates from [FaZe Tfue]’s [gameplay] against shit players but it became a mainstream term.

[Jessica]

(with reference to journal titles) botanic; botanical; botany.