Bot may refer to:

Sciences

Computing and technology

* Chatbot, a computer program that converses in natural language * Internet bot, a software application that runs automated tasks (scripts) over the Internet **a

Spambot A spambot is a computer program designed to assist in the sending of spam. Spambots usually create accounts and send spam messages with them. Web hosts and website operators have responded by banning spammers, leading to an ongoing struggle betwe ...

, an internet bot designed to assist in the sending of spam *

Internet Relay Chat bot 409px, An IRC bot performing a simple task.An IRC bot is a set of scripts or an independent program that connects to Internet Relay Chat as a client, and so appears to other IRC users as another user. An IRC bot differs from a regular client in t ...

, a set of scripts or an independent program that connects to Internet Relay Chat as a client * Robot, or "bot", a mechanical device that can perform physical tasks * Social bot, a type of chatbot that is employed in social media networks to automatically generate messages **

Twitter bot A Twitter bot is a type of software bot that controls a Twitter account via the Twitter API. The social bot software may autonomously perform actions such as tweeting, re-tweeting, liking, following, unfollowing, or direct messaging other accounts. ...

, a program used to produce automated posts on the Twitter microblogging service * Trading bot, a program in an Automated trading system that is linked to an exchange or broker that automates trading using algorithms, there are trading bot providers such as HaasOnline, Cryptohopper, and MetaTrader 4 * Video game bot, a computer-controlled player or opponent *

Wikipedia bot Wikipedia bots are Internet bots (computer programs) that perform simple, repetitive tasks in Wikipedia. One prominent example of an internet bot used in Wikipedia is Lsjbot, which generated millions of short articles across various language edit ...

, an internet bot which performs tasks in Wikipedia * Zombie (computer science), a zombie computer is part of a botnet

Biology and medicine

* BOT, base of tongue, in medicine * Bot, the lesion caused by a botfly larva * Borderline ovarian tumor, a tumor of the ovaries

Places

* Bni Ounjel Tafraout, a commune in Taounate Province, Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate, Morocco *

Bot, Tarragona Bot is a town located in the ''comarca'' of Terra Alta, province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. It is located between the Serra de la Solsida and the Serra dels Pesells ranges. In 2003 Bot had a total population of 793. The people in the to ...

, a town in Spain * Bot River, South Africa * Botswana, IOC and FIFA trigram BOT *

British Overseas Territories The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remna ...

, territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom * Bucharest Old Town

People

Ajaw B'ot Ajaw or Ahau ('Lord') is a pre-Columbian Maya political title attested from epigraphic inscriptions. It is also the name of the 20th day of the ''tzolkʼin'', the Maya divinatory calendar, on which a ruler's ''kʼatun''-ending rituals would fall ...

, 8th century Maya king of the city of Seibal *

Ben Bot Bernard Rudolf "Ben" Bot (; born 21 November 1937) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 3 December 2003 until 22 February 2007 in the Cabinets Balkene ...

, Dutch politician *

G. W. Bot G. W. Bot is the signature name for the Australian artist Christine Grishin, nee Christine Falkland, who has been a full-time artist for more than 30 years. She is a printmaker, sculptor, painter and graphic artist who works with her own shape ...

, Australian printmaker, sculptor, painter and graphic artist *

Jeanne Bot French supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from France who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. , the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 161 French supercentenarians. France was home ...

, French

supercentenarian A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian) is a person who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians. Supercentenarians typically live a life free of major age-related diseases u ...

Theo Bot Theodorus Hendrikus "Theo" Bot (20 July 1911 – 24 September 1984) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist. Bot attended a Gymnasiu ...

, Dutch politician

Brands and enterprises

* Bank of Taiwan, a bank headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan * Bank of Tanzania, the central bank of the United Republic of Tanzania *

Bank of Thailand The Bank of Thailand (BOT) ( Abrv: ธปท.; th, ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย, ) is the central bank of Thailand. History The Bank of Thailand (BOT) was first set up as the Thai National Banking Bureau. The Bank ...

, the central bank of Thailand *

Blue Orange Theatre The Blue Orange Theatre is an independent theatre located in the Jewellery Quarter in the centre of Birmingham, England. It was founded by the local producer and director Mark Webster and opened in April 2011, aiming to showcase new drama and writ ...

, an independent theatre in Birmingham, England * Bolt On Technology, an American software development company * 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

Business

* Balance of trade, difference between the monetary value of exports and imports * Build–operate–transfer, a form of project financing

Sports

* Bobby Orr Trophy, the championship trophy of the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Hockey League *

Brava Opening Tournament The Brava Island Opening Tournament (Portuguese: ''Torneio de Abertura da Brava'', Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: ''Turnéu di Abertura da Braba''), is an opening tournament competition (equivalent to a league cup) played during the seas ...

, a football tournament in Brava, Cape Verde

Transportation

Air Botswana Air Botswana Corporation is Botswana's state-owned national flag carrier, with its headquarters located in Gaborone. It operates scheduled domestic and regional flights from its main base at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. Air Botswana ...

(ICAO: BOT) *

Bosset Airport Bosset Airport is an airfield serving Bosset, a village in the Western province in Papua New Guinea. The airfield is located west of Port Moresby, the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. Facilities The airfield resides at an elev ...

(IATA: BOT), in Bosset, Papua New Guinea *

Bryn Oer Tramway The Bryn Oer Tramway (also known as the Brinore Tramroad) was a horse-worked narrow-gauge railway built in South Wales in 1814. History The Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal was built under an Act of Parliament of 1793. The Act allowed the can ...

, a narrow gauge railway built in South Wales in 1814

Other uses

*"B.O.T.", a 1986 episode of '' The Transformers'' *

Bot caste The Bot are a Hindu caste found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. They are distinct from the Bhotiya ethnic group of the Indian Terai, although like the Bhotiya claim a Nepali origin.People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edit ...

, a Hindu caste of Nepali origin found in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh * Bot people, or Boto people, a community in Jammu and Kashmir * ''Bot'', short for '' ubosot'', the ordination hall of a Buddhist temple in Thailand *

Barn Owl Trust The Barn Owl Trust is a charity located at Waterleat, Ashburton, Devon, England. It aims to conserve the barn owl The barn owl (''Tyto alba'') is the most widely distributed species of owl in the world and one of the most widespread of all ...

, a charity in Waterleat, Ashburton, Devon, England *

Bon Om Touk (The Royal Boat Racing Festival, Lanterns Floating, Taste the Ambok and Worship the Moon) , nickname = ''Cambodian Water Festival'' , observedby = Cambodians , litcolor = , longtype = , significance = Marks the Cambodian ...

, the Cambodian Water Festival