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What is "bot"?

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Rebecca

"Bot" is a shortened form of robot, which in this video is referring to an automated computing program that can respond or mimic the language or actions of humans. In this video, we can see that the man with long hair has admitted to creating a "bot" program and using it to fool his coworker into thinking that he was communicating with a real person. Ex: Many retail sites now have chat bot services, which allow them to provide customer service in a quicker and more accessible way. Ex: The hacker stole millions from the bank by installing a bot in the main IT system.

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