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bot herder

bot herder is the alternative form of botherder.

Meaning of botherder

Noun

botherder (plural botherders)

  1. (Internet, computer security) A malicious hacker who controls a botnet.
    • After securing the computer against antivirus tools, previous hackers, and detection by the user, the botherder might check to see what else might be here.2007, Larry Chaffin, Craig Schiller, Anton Chuvakin, Infosecurity 2008 Threat Analysis
    Synonyms:
    botmaster

Forms of bot herder

pluralbot herders

Questions about bot herder

What is bot herder the alternative form of?
Bot herder is the alternative form of botherder.

Words near bot herder in the dictionary

  1. bot
  2. bot farm
  3. bot flies
  4. bot fly
  5. bot herd
  6. bot herder
  7. bot herders
  8. bot herds
  9. bot-flies
  10. bot-fly
  11. bota bag

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bot herder (page history and authors); botherder (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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