gamebot

noun

gamebot

noun

Etymology From game + -bot.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A bot (automated user) that takes part in a game or offers gaming functionality.

  • They weren't talking about a gamebot like Magdeil, who might be programmed to seek vengeance. This was the game's manager. Why would a MUD god attack someone?1997, Jefferson Scott, Terminal Logic, page 256:
  • Current anti-hack solutions are able to distinguish software-based keyboard events and mouse events in order to detect a gamebot for automatic item harvesting.2007, Mario Freire, Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications:

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