Definition(s)
Robot
Automated software program used to carry out specific tasks.
- NOTE 1 The word is often used to describe programs, usually run on a server, that automate tasks such as forwarding or sorting e-mail.
- NOTE 2 A bot is also described as a program that operates as an agent for a user or another program or simulates a human activity. On the Internet, the most ubiquitous bots are the programs, also called spiders or crawlers, which access websites and gather their content for search engine indexes.
Source: ISO/IEC 27032:2015, Information technology — Security techniques — Guidelines for cybersecurity, First Edition, July 2012. Global Standards