softbot
English
Etymology
software + -bot
Noun
softbot (plural softbots)
- (computing) A computer program that acts on behalf of a user or another program.
- 1998, Michael N. Huhns, Readings in Agents, page 77:
- The Internet Softbot (software robot) is a fully implemented AI agent developed at the University of Washington. […] For example, the softbot but use netfind to determine David McAllester's email address.
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