We thought this sounded a little scarier than it really is, and that a little more detail might help. bot is short for robot.    From Wordnik.com.  [MSDN Blogs] Reference

Howlin 'Mary -- that's what we called the bot --- on the wind, and the other bot did the same, both of us makin' for the same spot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885] Reference

Note that the bot is no longer called luobotou2. 0.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luobotou RSS Robot — feeds for Skype | FactoryCity] Reference

The hashtags bot is basically a glorified XMPP client.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kicking off 2008 with a themeword | FactoryCity] Reference

Fold-a-bot is the latest papercraft from Marshall Alexander.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fold-a-bot Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models] Reference

The bot is equipped with light sensors for proximity navigation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: December 15, 2002 - December 21, 2002 Archives] Reference

• Big Dog, the military pack-bot, is back for more creepy robot ballet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

This massive bot is a fan favorite among many for his combined destructive power and enormous size.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rumor: Constructicons Coming in Transformers 2?! « FirstShowing.net] Reference

Using the bot is incredibly simple: … pimpyourwork. com » Blog Archive » Try the RSS bot for Skype! on Oct 17th at 12pm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luobotou RSS Robot — feeds for Skype | FactoryCity] Reference

This unapologetically unwavering O-bot is a small “i” independent so I tend to refer to the extremes on both sides as “far”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Big Head Ed] Reference

Jagex accuses the Snellmans of creating, promoting and selling a software "bot" - short for robot.    From Wordnik.com.  [SplicedFeed] Reference

From the pictures it looks like the bot was a hit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gizmodo] Reference

MPG187 wrote: How does phpbb know if a bot is a bot?.    From Wordnik.com.  [phpBB.com] Reference

Have 2 bots (google images and tag bot) site: liselisikis. net.    From Wordnik.com.  [Digital Point Forums] Reference

Firms or individuals that have many, many bots are called bot herders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Guerrillas] Reference

Ai wunce bot a kard 4 maiself bcuz it maed mi laff sew hadr Ai hda teers.    From Wordnik.com.  [der somting in mah closet - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference

The Austria administrator of the forum set up the so-called bot net, in which.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

Was it a virus, a worm or one of these things called a bot that I've been reading about?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2005] Reference

Judging by the name, we would have thought the bot was a she, but Castrol refers to Flossie as a he.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNET News.com] Reference

And if the answers happen to come out in a natural manner the tester could be fooled into thinking the bot is a human.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jason Blogs] Reference

It's been a bad week for 'bot' herders - USATODAY. com.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's been a bad week for 'bot' herders] Reference

Watch it for yourself – unless you are another "bot"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indianapolis Star backs Clinton] Reference

No, I am not a "bot" and I don't know what "a" tags means.    From Wordnik.com.  [General Jack D. Ripper had a point....] Reference

The implications that this "bot" has on the game is kind of irrelevent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blizzard v WoW Glider: Interesting, no?] Reference

The term used for a computer remotely controlled by someone else is a "bot".    From Wordnik.com.  [How Bot Those Nets?] Reference

The victim's PC becomes part of a sprawling network of obedient "bot" machines.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Storm Worm' e-mail explodes across Web] Reference

(A "bot" is computer program that performs automated, repetitive tasks on the Internet.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Hannah Montana Battles the Bots] Reference

Next comes a program that turns the PC into an obedient "bot," controlled by a "botmaster.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Microsoft zero-day attack may come from gamers] Reference

I like to use the "bot" search engines like Qixo. com and SideStep. com to take a quick look at many sites at once.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Every Day Is A Gift, Isn't It?'] Reference

These so-called 'bot' networks offer an effective way of controlling victim machines.    From Wordnik.com.  [IT & Security Portal» IT-Observer] Reference

If all we get is cross-cutting between a human less world, like some kind of bot-less.    From Wordnik.com.  [/Film] Reference

No, I'm not saying you should use some kind of bot to artificially inflate your views!.    From Wordnik.com.  [SiteProNews: Webmaster News & Resources] Reference

Choose your cartoon player and play against the capable 'bot' or friends across the globe.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)] Reference