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Software that runs automated tasks on the Internet

An Internet bot, or simply bot, is a software application that runs automated tasks (scripts) on the Internet, usually with the intent to imitate human activity, such as messaging, on a large scale.An Internet bot plays the client role in a client–server model whereas the server role is usually played by web servers. Internet bots are able to perform simple and repetitive tasks much faster than a person could ever do. The most extensive use of bots is for web crawling, in which an automated script fetches, analyzes and files information from web servers. More than half of all web traffic is generated by bots. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Internet botA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Prototype of Internet of Things-Based Control System Using Telegram with Bot API MethodInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Mail TrackerThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Towards the development of realistic botnet dataset in the Internet of Things for network forensic analytics: Bot-IoT datasetCited 1,860 times
  5. Go sideways: SpambotA closely related topic
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  1. IM and IRC
  2. Social bots
  3. Commercial bots
  4. Malicious bots
  5. Protection against bots
  6. Human interaction with social bots
  7. Social bots and political discussions

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🆕 Influential since 2022

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