softbot
nounEtymology From software + -bot.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A computer program that acts on behalf of a user or another program.
- The Internet Softbot (software robot) is a fully implemented AI agent developed at the University of Washington. […] For example, the softbot but use netfind to determine David McAllester's email address.1998, Michael N. Huhns, Readings in Agents, page 77: