Bot vs Boot - What's the difference?
bot | boot |
The larva of a bot fly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
* 1946 , National Research Council of Canada, Canadian Journal of Research: Zoological Sciences ,
* 1984 , Adrian Forsyth, Kenneth Miyata, Tropical Nature ,
(British, slang) To bugger
(Australia, informal) To ask for and be given something with the direct intention of exploiting the thing’s usefulness, almost exclusively with cigarettes.
(science fiction, informal) A physical robot.
* 1998 , David G. Hartwell (editor), Year's best SF 3 ,
* 2007 , , The Dreaming Void ,
* 2005 , , Quantico ,
(computing) A piece of software designed to complete a minor but repetitive task automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
* 2009 , Ryan Farley, Xinyuan Wang, Roving Bugnet: Distributed Surveillance Threat and Mitigation'', Dimitris Gritzalis, Javier López (editors), ''Emerging Challenges for Security, Privacy and Trust: 24th IFIP TC 11 International Information Security Conference ,
* 2009 , Richard K. Neumann, Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing: Structure, Strategy, and Style ,
* 2010 , Dusty Reagan, Twitter Application Development For Dummies ,
(video games) A computer-controlled character in a multiplayer video game, such as a first-person shooter.
(video games) To use a bot, or automated program.
A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
A blow with the foot; a kick.
(construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
(US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A deicing boot.
(obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
(archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
(Australia, British, NZ, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
* 1998 , , A Sight For Sore Eyes , 2010,
* 2003 , Keith Bluemel, Original Ferrari V-12 1965-1973: The Restorer's Guide ,
* 2008 , MB Chattelle, Richmond, London: The Peter Hacket Chronicles ,
(computing, informal) The act or process of removing somebody from a chat room.
(British, slang) unattractive person, ugly woman
(firearms) A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
To kick.
To put boots on, especially for riding.
* Ben Jonson
To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
(informal) To forcibly eject.
(slang) To vomit.
(computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
* 2002 , Dan Verton, The Hacker Diaries -
* 2003 , John C. Dvorak, Chris Pirillo, Online! -
* 2002 , Jobe Makar, Macromedia Flash Mx Game Design Demystified -
(dated) remedy, amends
* Sir Walter Scott
* Wordsworth
(uncountable) profit, plunder
(obsolete) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
* Shakespeare
to profit, avail, benefit
* Hooker
* Byron
* Southey
To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
* Shakespeare
(computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
(computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
In british slang terms the difference between bot and boot
is that bot is to bugger while boot is unattractive person, ugly woman.In computing terms the difference between bot and boot
is that bot is a piece of software designed to complete a minor but repetitive task automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account while boot is to bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.bot
English
(wikipedia bot)Etymology 1
Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic .Alternative forms
* bottNoun
(en noun)page 76,
- One deer, later found to be heavily parasitized by bots , suffered severe vomiting attacks during the early spring.
page 157,
- Jerry prepared a glass jar with sterilized sand to act as a nursery for his pulsating bot , but despite his tender ministrations the larva dried out and died before it could encase itself in a pupal sheath.
Etymology 2
From bottom.Verb
- Can I bot a smoke?
- Jonny always bots off me. I just wish he’d get his own pack.
Usage notes
Although there are some references that mention that somebody could actually be a "bot" if they practice the art of botting , this noun is not really commonly used.Synonyms
* (To ask for something) bum (UK)Etymology 3
Shortened from robot.Alternative forms
* 'botNoun
(en noun)page 130,
- I stared at the bot and recognized her for the first time.
- She was me.
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- The bot juddered to a halt, as the whole lower segment of its power arm darkened.
page 71,
- As he guided the bot, Andrews reminisced about his younger days in Wyoming, when he had witnessed a mishandled load of wheat puff out a dusty fog.
page 42,
- The goals of IRC bots' vary widely, such as automatically kicking other users off or more nefarious things like spamming other IRC users. In this paper, a free standing IRC ' bot is presented that monitors an IRC channel for commands from a particular user and responds accordingly.
page 91,
- He is particularly good at creating web robots, which are also called bots .
- A bot' is software that searches for certain kinds of websites and then automatically does something — good or bad — on each site. Google uses ' bots to search and index websites.
page 59,
- Twitter bots' can leverage Twitter?s text message support to allow users to accomplish tasks from their cell phones. You could consider Twitter accounts that are simply an automated import of blog?s RSS feed a Twitter ' bot .
Verb
(bott)- Players caught botting will be banned from the server.
See also
* BotsReferences
* English terms with multiple etymologies ----boot
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) boote, .Noun
(wikipedia boot) (en noun)page 260,
- He heaved the bag and its contents over the lip of the boot' and on to the flagstones. When it was out, no longer in that ' boot but on the ground, and the bag was still intact, he knew the worst was over.
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- The body is constructed of welded steel panels, with the bonnet, doors and boot lid in aluminium on steel frames.
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- Peers leant against the outside of the car a lit up her filter tip and watched as Bauer and Putin placed their compact suitcases in the boot' of the BMW and slammed the ' boot lid down.
Synonyms
* (shoe) buskin, mukluk * (blow with foot) kick * (car storage) trunk (US) * (parking enforcement device) wheel clamp * fired, laid offDerived terms
* bet one's boots * boot camp * boot cut * Boot Hill * bootless * bootstrap * car boot, car boot sale, boot sale * chewie on ya boot * Denver boot, aka wheel clamp * get the boot * give the boot * horse boot * army boot * Australian boot * Chelsea boot * chukka boot * combat boot * cowboy boot * football boot * go-go boot * gum boot, gumboot * Hessian boot * hiking boot * hip boot * hobnail boot * jackboot * Jesus boots * jump boot, paratrooper boot * jungle boot * knee high boot * kinky boot * Malay boot * motorcycle boot * riding boot * rigger boot * shake in one's boots * shoot the boots * ski boot * snowboard boot * Spanish boot * steel-toe boot * tabi boot * tanker boot * the boot is on the other foot * thigh boot * thigh-high boot * ugg boot, ug boot * walking boot (aka ankle walker) * Wellington boots * work bootVerb
(en verb)- I booted the ball toward my teammate.
- Coated and booted for it.
- We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible
- Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch.
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- As an IRC member with operator status, Swallow was able to manage who was allowed to remain in chat sessions and who got booted off the channel.
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- Even flagrant violators of the TOS are not booted .
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- In Electroserver, the kick command disconnects a user totally from the server and gives him a message about why he was booted .
Usage notes
The more common term for “to eject from a chatroom” etc. is kick .Synonyms
* (kick) hoof, kick * (disconnect from online conversation) kickDerived terms
* boot up * boot up the backside, boot up the bumEtymology 2
From (etyl) boote, bote, bot, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* boteNoun
- Thou art boot for many a bruise / And healest many a wound.
- next her Son, our soul's best boot
- I'll give you boot , I'll give you three for one.
- Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot .
Derived terms
* to bootVerb
(en verb)- What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them?
- What subdued / To change like this a mind so far imbued / With scorn of man, it little boots to know.
- What boots to us your victories?
- And I will boot thee with what gift beside / Thy modesty can beg.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "boot")Etymology 3
Shortening of (bootstrap).Noun
(en noun)- It took three boot s, but I finally got the application installed.
Derived terms
* boot disk * boot loader * boot sector * cold boot * dual boot * hot boot * warm bootVerb
(en verb)- When arriving at the office, first thing I do is booting my machine.