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bot herds

bot herds is the plural of bot herd.

Meaning of bot herd

Noun

bot herd (plural bot herds)

  1. (Internet, computer security) A large collection of compromised systems exploited for malicious purposes.
    • So-called bot herds - networks of compromised PCs under the control of a malicious hacker - continue to be used as launch pads for other types of attack2005 September 19, “Hackers target net call systems”, in BBC Online

Questions about bot herds

What is bot herds the plural of?
Bot herds is the plural of bot herd.

Words near bot herds in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bot herds (page history and authors); bot herd (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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