botnet.
A collection of compromised computers that is gradually built up and then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam.
Meaning & usage
A collection of compromised computers that is gradually built up and then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam.
spyware
Google Chrome is botnet, use Firefox instead
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos Proto-Balto-Slavic *árbas Proto-Slavic *orbъ Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *orbiti Proto-Indo-European *-otéh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ Proto-Slavic *-ota Proto-Slavic *orbota Old Czech robota Czech robota Czech robotbor. English robotclip. English bot Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net English botnet From bot + net.
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