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botnet

noun
/ˈbɒtnɛt/UK

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos Proto-Balto-Slavic *árbas Proto-Slavic *orbъ Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *orbiti Proto-Indo-European *-otéh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ Proto-Slavic *-ota Proto-Slavic *orbota Old Czech robota Czech robota Czech robotbor. English robot English bot Proto-Indo-European *neHd- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net English botnet From bot + net.

  1. derived from *neHd-✻ — “to knot, turn, twist”
  2. inherited from *natją✻ — “net”
  3. inherited from *nati✻
  4. inherited from net
  5. inherited from net
  6. compounded as botnet — “bot + net”

Definitions

  1. A collection of compromised computers that is gradually built up and then unleashed as a…

    A collection of compromised computers that is gradually built up and then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam.

    • Then they blacklisted addresses used by spammers. In response, senders started using botnets (networks of otherwise innocent computers).

  2. spyware

    • Google Chrome is botnet, use Firefox instead

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for botnet. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA