bot army
noun[C]
uk/ˌbɒt ˈɑː.mi/us/ˈbɑːt ˌɑːr.mi/alargegroupofdevicesconnectedto theinternetthat are allrunningbots(=computerprogramsthatworkautomatically), that can be used tosendspam(=unwantedelectronicmessages), orattackothercomputersandcausethem tostopworkingcorrectly:
机器人军团（大量连接到互联网的设备，运行自动工作的电脑程序，可以用来发送垃圾邮件或者攻击其他电脑并导致其无法正常工作）If there are 10,000botarmiesofcomputers, that'sactuallymillions ofcomputersthat arecontrolled.如果说有一万机器人军团电脑，那实际上就是几百万台电脑被控制了。
- Theyreportedabotarmyof over 300,000infectedmachinessendingoutalarmingamountsofpharmaceuticalspam.
- ThetoolsimplifiestheprocessofbuildingbotarmiescontrolledbyspeciallycreatedTwitteraccounts.
- Abotarmycan beutilizedfor anumberofdishonestpurposes,chiefamongstthemmisrepresentingpublicsentimentabout whichevertopicsthecontrollerhasinterestin.
Computer programming & software
- abandonware
- ad-blocker
- ad-blocking
- adware
- analytics
- cheat
- facial recognition software
- femtech
- file system
- garbage collector
- GIF
- infection
- planner
- routine
- software package
- splash screen
- story mode
- syntactic
- syntactically
- system software