For bot guidelines on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Bot policy.
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Bot (disambiguation)
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The 6″-tall cam bot features LED eyes that illuminate in the night, as well as a maximum resolution of 640×480.
US Bot Herder Admits Infecting 250K Machines: "AceCaseOR writes 'In Los Angeles criminal court, security consultant John Schiefer, 26, has admitted infecting the systems of his clients with viruses to form a botnet containing a maximum of 250,000 systems.
Bots are linked into botnets for several reasons, such as sharing common user lists and channel settings (who to op, who to ban, etc.), as well as to provide a method to simultaneously control several bots.
The most common bot, written in the C programming language, is called an eggdrop and runs as a background task on a UNIX shell, taking advantage of the robust and stable Unix operating system, high-bandwidth, and 24/7 connection.
Bots were invented to solve several problems which plagued the original IRC users, including establishing and maintaining channel ownership, fending off hostile takeovers during the once feared 'netsplits', and preventing or reducing the effects of flooders.