botnet

English

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 robotclip.

English bot

Proto-Germanic *natją

Proto-West Germanic *nati

Old English nett

Middle English net

English net

English botnet

From bot +‎ net.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒtnɛt/

Noun

botnet (plural botnets)

1. (Internet, computer security) 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.
   • 2010 November 20, “Long life spam”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:

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

2. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (4chan slang) spyware

   Google Chrome is botnet, use Firefox instead

Translations

collection of compromised computers

• Finnish: bottiverkko
• French: botnet (fr) m
• German: Botnet n
• Marathi: बॉटनेट n (bŏṭneṭ)
• Portuguese: botnet f
• Romanian: botnet n

See also

• botherder

Anagrams

• Betton, Botten

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpotneh(t)/

Verb

botnet

1. inflection of botnit:
   1. third-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular past indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbodnet/ [ˈboð̞.net̪]
• Rhymes: -odnet
• Syllabification: bot‧net

Noun

botnet m (plural botnets)

1. (Internet, computer security) botnet