Bot may refer to:

Sciences

Computing and technology

Chatbot A chatbot or chatterbot is a software application used to conduct an on-line chat conversation via text or text-to-speech, in lieu of providing direct contact with a live human agent. Designed to convincingly simulate the way a human would behav ...

, a computer program that converses in natural language *

Internet bot An Internet bot, web robot, robot or simply bot, is a software application that runs automated tasks (scripts) over the Internet, usually with the intent to imitate human activity on the Internet, such as messaging, on a large scale. An Internet ...

, a software application that runs automated tasks (scripts) over the Internet **a Spambot, an internet bot designed to assist in the sending of spam *

Internet Relay Chat bot 409px, An IRC bot performing a simple task.An IRC bot is a set of scripts or an independent program that connects to Internet Relay Chat as a client, and so appears to other IRC users as another user. An IRC bot differs from a regular client i ...

, a set of scripts or an independent program that connects to Internet Relay Chat as a client *

Robot A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be ...

, or "bot", a mechanical device that can perform physical tasks * Social bot, a type of chatbot that is employed in social media networks to automatically generate messages ** Twitter bot, a program used to produce automated posts on the Twitter microblogging service * Trading bot, a program in an Automated trading system that is linked to an exchange or broker that automates trading using algorithms, there are trading bot providers such as HaasOnline, Cryptohopper, and MetaTrader 4 * Video game bot, a computer-controlled player or opponent * Wikipedia bot, an internet bot which performs tasks in Wikipedia *

Zombie (computer science) In computing, a zombie is a computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker via a computer virus, computer worm, or trojan horse program and can be used to perform malicious tasks under the remote direction of the hac ...

, a zombie computer is part of a botnet

Biology and medicine

* BOT, base of

tongue The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of a typical tetrapod. It manipulates food for mastication and swallowing as part of the digestive process, and is the primary organ of taste. The tongue's upper surface (dorsum) is covered by taste bu ...

, in medicine * Bot, the lesion caused by a

botfly Botflies, also known as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies, are a family of flies known as the Oestridae. Their larvae are internal parasites of mammals, some species growing in the host's flesh and others within the gut. '' Dermatobia homi ...

larva *

Borderline ovarian tumor Surface epithelial-stromal tumors are a class of ovarian neoplasms that may be benign or malignant. Neoplasms in this group are thought to be derived from the ovarian surface epithelium (modified peritoneum) or from ectopic endometrial or F ...

, a tumor of the ovaries

Places

Bni Ounjel Tafraout Bni Ounjel Tafraout is a commune in the Taounate Province of the Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate administrative region of Morocco. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 8421 people living in 1352 households. Referenc ...

, a commune in Taounate Province, Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate, Morocco * Bot, Tarragona, a town in Spain * Bot River, South Africa *

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kal ...

, IOC and FIFA trigram BOT *

British Overseas Territories The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remnants of the former Br ...

, territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom * Bucharest Old Town

People

* Ajaw B'ot, 8th century Maya king of the city of Seibal * Ben Bot, Dutch politician *

G. W. Bot G. W. Bot is the signature name for the Australian artist Christine Grishin, nee Christine Falkland, who has been a full-time artist for more than 30 years. She is a printmaker, sculptor, painter and graphic artist who works with her own shape ...

, Australian printmaker, sculptor, painter and graphic artist * Jeanne Bot, French

supercentenarian A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian) is a person who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians. Supercentenarians typically live a life free of major age-related diseases ...

* Theo Bot, Dutch politician

Brands and enterprises

Bank of Taiwan The Bank of Taiwan (BOT, , see below) is a commercial bank headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. It is owned by the government of Taiwan. History The Bank of Taiwan was established as Taiwan's central bank in 1899, during Japanese rule. Th ...

, a bank headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan * Bank of Tanzania, the central bank of the United Republic of Tanzania * Bank of Thailand, the central bank of Thailand * Blue Orange Theatre, an independent theatre in Birmingham, England * Bolt On Technology, an American software development company * The Bank of Tokyo, a defunct Japanese bank now part of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ * Bot, a line of budget desktop PCs manufactured by Alienware

Business

Balance of trade The balance of trade, commercial balance, or net exports (sometimes symbolized as NX), is the difference between the monetary value of a nation's exports and imports over a certain time period. Sometimes a distinction is made between a balance ...

, difference between the monetary value of exports and imports *

Build–operate–transfer Build–operate–transfer (BOT) or build–own–operate–transfer (BOOT) is a form of project delivery method, usually for large-scale infrastructure projects, wherein a private entity receives a concession from the public sector (or the priva ...

, a form of project financing

Sports

* Bobby Orr Trophy, the championship trophy of the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Hockey League *

Brava Opening Tournament The Brava Island Opening Tournament ( Portuguese: ''Torneio de Abertura da Brava'', Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Turnéu di Abertura da Braba''), is an opening tournament competition (equivalent to a league cup) played during the sea ...

, a football tournament in Brava, Cape Verde

Transportation

* Air Botswana (ICAO: BOT) *

Bosset Airport Bosset Airport is an airfield serving Bosset, a village in the Western province in Papua New Guinea. The airfield is located west of Port Moresby, the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. Facilities The airfield resides at an elev ...

(IATA: BOT), in Bosset, Papua New Guinea *

Bryn Oer Tramway The Bryn Oer Tramway (also known as the Brinore Tramroad) was a horse-worked narrow-gauge railway built in South Wales in 1814. History The Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal was built under an Act of Parliament of 1793. The Act allowed the can ...

, a narrow gauge railway built in South Wales in 1814

Other uses

*"B.O.T.", a 1986 episode of '' The Transformers'' *

Bot caste The Bot are a Hindu caste found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. They are distinct from the Bhotiya ethnic group of the Indian Terai, although like the Bhotiya claim a Nepali origin.People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edit ...

, a Hindu caste of Nepali origin found in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh * Bot people, or Boto people, a community in Jammu and Kashmir * ''Bot'', short for ''

ubosot The ordination hall is a Buddhist building specifically consecrated and designated for the performance of the Buddhist ordination ritual ('' upasampada'') and other ritual ceremonies, such as the recitation of the Patimokkha. The ordination hall ...

'', the ordination hall of a Buddhist temple in Thailand *

Barn Owl Trust The Barn Owl Trust is a charity located at Waterleat, Ashburton, Devon, England. It aims to conserve the barn owl The barn owl (''Tyto alba'') is the most widely distributed species of owl in the world and one of the most widespread of all ...

, a charity in Waterleat, Ashburton, Devon, England * Bon Om Touk, the Cambodian Water Festival