# Bot

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For the information page on Wikipedia bots, see Wikipedia:Bots.

**Bot** or **BOT** may refer to:

## Sciences

### Computing and technology

- [Chatbot](/source/Chatbot), a computer program that converses in natural language
- [Internet bot](/source/Internet_bot), a software application that runs automated tasks (scripts) over the Internet - [Spambot](/source/Spambot), an internet bot designed to assist in the sending of spam
- [Internet Relay Chat bot](/source/IRC_bot), a set of scripts or an independent program that connects to IRC as a client
- [Robot](/source/Robot), or "bot", a mechanical device that can perform physical tasks
- [Social bot](/source/Social_bot), a type of chatbot that is employed in social media networks to automatically generate messages - [Twitter bot](/source/Twitter_bot), a program used to produce automated posts on the Twitter microblogging service
- [Video game bot](/source/Video_game_bot), a computer-controlled player or opponent
- [Wikipedia bot](/source/Wikipedia_bot), an internet bot which performs tasks in Wikipedia
- [Zombie computer](/source/Zombie_(computing)), part of a botnet

### Biology and medicine

- BOT, base of [tongue](/source/Tongue), in medicine
- Bot, the lesion caused by a [botfly](/source/Botfly) larva
- [Borderline ovarian tumor](/source/Borderline_ovarian_tumor), a tumor of the ovaries

## Places

- [Bni Ounjel Tafraout](/source/Bni_Ounjel_Tafraout), a commune in Taounate Province, Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate, Morocco
- [Bot, Tarragona](/source/Bot,_Tarragona), a town in Spain
- [Bot River](/source/Bot_River), South Africa
- [Botswana](/source/Botswana), IOC and FIFA trigram BOT
- [British Overseas Territories](/source/British_Overseas_Territories), territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom
- [Bucharest Old Town](/source/Bucharest_Old_Town)

## People

- [Ajaw B'ot](/source/Ajaw_B'ot), 8th century Maya king of the city of Seibal
- [Ben Bot](/source/Ben_Bot), Dutch politician
- [Călin Ioan Bot](/source/C%C4%83lin_Ioan_Bot), Romanian Greek Catholic bishop
- [G. W. Bot](/source/G._W._Bot), Australian printmaker, sculptor, painter and graphic artist
- [Jeanne Bot](/source/Jeanne_Bot), French [supercentenarian](/source/Supercentenarian)
- [Theo Bot](/source/Theo_Bot), Dutch politician

## Brands and enterprises

- [Bank of Taiwan](/source/Bank_of_Taiwan), a bank headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan
- [Bank of Tanzania](/source/Bank_of_Tanzania), the central bank of the United Republic of Tanzania
- [Bank of Thailand](/source/Bank_of_Thailand), the central bank of Thailand
- [Blue Orange Theatre](/source/Blue_Orange_Theatre), an independent theatre in Birmingham, England
- [Bolt On Technology](/source/Bolt_On_Technology), an American software development company
- [The Bank of Tokyo](/source/The_Bank_of_Tokyo), a defunct Japanese bank now part of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
- Bot, a line of budget desktop PCs manufactured by [Alienware](/source/Alienware)

## Business

- [Balance of trade](/source/Balance_of_trade), difference between the monetary value of exports and imports
- [Build–operate–transfer](/source/Build%E2%80%93operate%E2%80%93transfer), a form of project financing

## Sports

- [Bobby Orr Trophy](/source/Bobby_Orr_Trophy), the championship trophy of the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Hockey League
- [Brava Opening Tournament](/source/Brava_Opening_Tournament), a football tournament in Brava, Cape Verde

## Transportation

- [Air Botswana](/source/Air_Botswana) (ICAO: BOT)
- [Bosset Airport](/source/Bosset_Airport) (IATA: BOT), in Bosset, Papua New Guinea
- [Bryn Oer Tramway](/source/Bryn_Oer_Tramway), a narrow gauge railway built in South Wales in 1814

## Other uses

- "B.O.T.", a 1986 episode of *[The Transformers](/source/List_of_The_Transformers_episodes#Season_2_(1985–86))*
- [Bot caste](/source/Bot_caste), a Hindu caste of Nepali origin found in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
- Bot people, or [Boto people](/source/Boto_people), a community in Jammu and Kashmir
- *Bot*, short for *[ubosot](/source/Ubosot)*, the ordination hall of a Buddhist temple in Thailand
- [Barn Owl Trust](/source/Barn_Owl_Trust), a charity in Waterleat, Ashburton, Devon, England
- [Bon Om Touk](/source/Bon_Om_Touk), the Cambodian Water Festival
- Board of Trustees (BoT) or [board of directors](/source/Board_of_directors)

## See also

- [Bots (disambiguation)](/source/Bots_(disambiguation))
- [Bott (disambiguation)](/source/Bott_(disambiguation))
- [Break On Through (disambiguation)](/source/Break_On_Through_(disambiguation))
- [Burr Oak Township (disambiguation)](/source/Burr_Oak_Township_(disambiguation))
- [Robot (disambiguation)](/source/Robot_(disambiguation))

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