What kind of programs are bots?

dale · Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

I am a newbie on the cyber space and still don't know much of its terminology and possibilities. However, recently I heard some guys talking about some programs called robots and bots and its usage on the Internet. What kind of robots? I couldn't understand what they were talking about. What kind of programs are bots and robots?

currey · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 29

Robots and bots are the same thing. By robots, those guys were not talking about real robots. They were talking about computer programs, which are called robots. Those are the most useful programs on the Internet. The complete Internet power depends on those programs. Any site is using it for different purposes. Some sites use them to search on web. Some sites use them for advertising - to send a bunch of spam mails for commercial purposes. Other sites use bots for defend from such spam mails. Webmaster use bots as a help for maintaining links on their sites. Therefore, web without bots would be a hell.

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What kind of programs are bots?

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