Bot

Bot or BOT may refer to:

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
 * Spambot, an internet bot designed to assist in the sending of spam
 * Internet Relay Chat bot, a set of scripts or an independent program that connects to IRC 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 program used to produce automated posts on the Twitter microblogging service
 * Video game bot, a computer-controlled player or opponent
 * Wikipedia bot, an internet bot which performs tasks in Wikipedia
 * Zombie computer, 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, a town in Spain
 * Bot River, South Africa
 * Botswana, IOC and FIFA trigram BOT
 * British Overseas Territories, territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom
 * Bucharest Old Town

People

 * Ajaw B'ot, 8th century Maya king of the city of Seibal
 * Ben Bot, Dutch politician
 * G. W. Bot, Australian printmaker, sculptor, painter and graphic artist
 * Jeanne Bot, French supercentenarian
 * Theo Bot, 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 central bank of Thailand
 * Blue Orange Theatre, 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, a football tournament in Brava, Cape Verde

Transportation

 * Air Botswana (ICAO: BOT)
 * Bosset Airport (IATA: BOT), in Bosset, Papua New Guinea
 * Bryn Oer Tramway, a narrow gauge railway built in South Wales in 1814

Other uses

 * "B.O.T.", a 1986 episode of The Transformers
 * Bot caste, 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, a charity in Waterleat, Ashburton, Devon, England
 * Bon Om Touk, the Cambodian Water Festival
 * Botswana, IOC code BOT