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Margaret Rouse
Margaret Rouse
WhatIs.com
A bot (short
for "robot") is a program that operates as an agent for a user or
another program or simulates a human activity.
bot (short for
"robot") is a program that operates as an agent
for a user or another program or simulates a human activity. On the Internet,
the most ubiquitous bots are the programs, also called spiders or crawlers,
that access Web sites and gather their content for search engine
indexes.
A chatterbot
is a program that can simulate talk with a human being. One of the first and
most famous chatterbots (prior to the Web) was Eliza, a program that pretended
to be a psychotherapist and answered questions with other questions.
Red and Andrette were names of two early programs that
could be customized to answer questions from users seeking service for a
product. Such a program is sometimes called a virtual representative or
a virtual service agent.
A shopbot is a program that shops around the Web
on your behalf and locates the best price for a product you're looking for.
There are also bots such as OpenSesame that observe a user's patterns in navigating
a Web site and customize the site for that user.
A knowbot
is a program that collects knowledge for a user by automatically visiting
Internet sites and gathering information that meets certain specified criteria.
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In addition to this blog, I have authored the premiere book on Netiquette, "Netiquette IQ - A Comprehensive Guide to Improve, Enhance and Add Power to Your Email". You can view my profile, reviews of the book and content excerpts at:
www.amazon.com/author/paulbabicki
If you would like to listen to experts in all aspects of Netiquette and communication, try my radio show on BlogtalkRadio and an online newsletter via paper.li.I have established Netiquette discussion groups with Linkedin and Yahoo. I am also a member of the International Business Etiquette and Protocol Group and Minding Manners among others. I regularly consult for the Gerson Lehrman Group, a worldwide network of subject matter experts and I have been contributing to the blogs Everything Email and emailmonday . My work has appeared in numerous publications and I have presented to groups such as The Breakfast Club of NJ Rider University and PSG of Mercer County New Jersey.
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