1. a computer program that performs automated tasks, especially on the internet
Usage: computing; informal
2. short form of robot
Usage: informal

Examples

• The website uses a bot to answer customer questions automatically.
• Social media bots can spread information quickly across platforms.
• She created a bot to help organize her daily schedule.
• The gaming bot completed repetitive tasks while players were offline.
• Many companies use bots to handle basic customer service inquiries.
• The search engine bot crawled the website to index its content.