Softbot

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A computer program that acts on behalf of a user or another program.

    "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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"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."

Etymology

From software + -bot.

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computer program

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