the larva of the botfly, which develops parasitically in the stomach or intestines of sheep, horses, and cattle [prob of Low German or Low Dutch origin]
verb transAus, informal to borrow, cadge, or scrounge (something) verb intransAus, informal (usu + on) to sponge I don't want to bot on my friends all the time [prob from botfly in reference to its parasitism]
a computer program that runs automatically, used for example as a labour-saving tool for retrieving information from data
a software program that performs, autonomously and often surreptitiously, routine and repetitive tasks such as data-gathering on the Internet [from robot]