botnet
English
/ˈbɒtnɛt/
noun
Definitions
- (Internet) 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.
Etymology
Compound from English bot + English net (network, openwork fabric mesh, neat, elegant).
Origin
English
net
Gloss
network, openwork fabric mesh, neat, elegant
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ethernet English
- Freenet English
- Twitterbot English
- WordNet English
- aimbot English
- bednet English
- benet English
- biobot English
- bodynet English
- bot English
- botfly English
- botherder English
- botlike English
- botmaster English
- botter English
- cast net English
- cheapernet English
- darknet English
- denet English
- dragnet English
- drawnet English
- dropnet English
- extranet English
- fishnet English
- flynet English
- geonet English
- gillnet English
- hairnet English
- honeynet English
- hypernet English
- infobot English
- innernet English
- intranet English
- keepnet English
- lawbot English
- magbote English
- malebot English
- manbot English
- matternet English
- mesonet English
- multinet English
- nanonet English
- net English
- net-like English
- netaholic English
- netback English
- netbag English
- netball English
- netbank English
- netblock English
- netboot English
- netburp English
- netcam English
- netcast English
- netcentric English
- netcode English
- netcop English
- netdead English
- netfic English
- netful English
- netgame English
- netgamer English
- netgoth English
- nethead English
- netkeeper English
- netlabel English
- netlag English
- netless English
- netlike English
- netlinguistics English
- netlist English
- netload English
- netlore English
- netmail English
- netmaker English
- netmaking English
- netmask English
- netminder English
- netminding English
- netnews English
- netphone English
- netplay English
- netsex English
- netslang English
- netspace English
- netspeak English
- netsplit English
- netster English
- netsurf English
- netsurfer English
- netsurfing English
- nettable English
- netter English
- netting English
- netty English
- netwar English
- netwide English
- netwise English
- network English
- netzine English
- newsnet English
- overnet English
- piconet English
- pleasurebot English
- sneakernet English
- stakenet English
- subnet English
- supernet English
- supranet English
- thicknet English
- thinnet English
- townet English
- trawlnet English
- undernet English
- wordnet English
- botti Finnish
- netti Finnish
- bot Spanish, Castilian
- bot Portuguese
- net Portuguese
- ネット Japanese
- ネットサーフィン Japanese
- nett Middle English
- boiteag Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- net
- bot
- benet
- netty
- denet
- netful
- botfly
- subnet
- netcam
- netsex
- townet
- geonet
- aimbot
- biobot
- botter
- bednet
- netlag
- netfic
- netbag
- netter
- lawbot
- netcop
- manbot
- flynet
- netwar
- netmask
- netnews
- Freenet
- netlike
- netgoth
- hairnet
- fishnet
- nanonet
- netball
- thinnet
- malebot
- netcast
- netsurf
- netload
- netgame
- network
- netback
- netdead
- botlike
- drawnet
- keepnet
- netboot
- darknet
- netting
- netburp
- netless
- overnet
- piconet
- wordnet
- gillnet
- netmail
- netster
- dragnet
- netwide
- WordNet
- netplay
- bodynet
- mesonet
- netlore
- netbank
- nethead
- infobot
- netlist
- dropnet
- netzine
- magbote
- netcode
- newsnet
- netwise
- innernet
- netmaker
- net-like
- Ethernet
- thicknet
- multinet
- supranet
- netspeak
- hypernet
- stakenet
- netlabel
- extranet
- netphone
- netspace
- supernet
- intranet
- trawlnet
- netblock
- netslang
- nettable
- undernet
- netgamer
- cast net
- honeynet
- netsplit
- netsurfer
- netmaking
- matternet
- botherder
- netkeeper
- netaholic
- botmaster
- netminder
- Twitterbot
- netcentric
- netminding
- cheapernet
- netsurfing
- sneakernet
- pleasurebot
- netlinguistics