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gamebot

gamebot noun: a bot (automated user) that takes part in a game or offers gaming functionality.

Noun

gamebot (plural gamebots)

  1. 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

Forms of gamebot

pluralgamebots

Origin of gamebot

From game + -bot.

Questions about gamebot

What does gamebot mean?
Gamebot means a bot (automated user) that takes part in a game or offers gaming functionality.
What part of speech is gamebot?
Gamebot is a noun.
What is the plural of gamebot?
The plural of gamebot is gamebots.

Words near gamebot in the dictionary

  1. gamebirds
  2. gameboard
  3. gameboards
  4. gamebook
  5. gamebooks
  6. gamebot
  7. gamebots
  8. gamebreaking
  9. gamecard
  10. gamecards
  11. gamecatcher

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