Definitions
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- adjective computing Resembling a
bot (automated software process).
Etymologies
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bot + -like
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"We're only flagging a few hits at the moment, but the complexity with which this threat has been created shows how much work has been done to social-engineer social networks with the end game of creating [botlike] accounts to send out third-party links to almost anything," said Jamz Yaneza, a threat researcher at Trend Micro.
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