Bot
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
An automated software agent that performs tasks such as posting updates, scraping sites, responding in chat, or simulating user behavior. In internet culture bots can be useful helpers, spam engines, moderation tools, or social nuisances.
In plain English: An automated software agent that does tasks on its own.
Example: "The team built a release bot that posted deployment summaries into chat, which was far more welcome than the spam bots everyone had learned to ignore."