botnet [bot-net] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a network of computers created by malware and controlled remotely, without the knowledge of the users of those computers: The botnet was used primarily to send spam emails. Hackers built the botnet to carry out DDoS attacks.
Origin of botnet 1990–95 in earlier sense “a network of bots”; bot1 + net(work) Examples from the Web for botnet Contemporary Examples of botnet
The attacks are often coordinated by a botnet, a web of compromised computers acting at the whim of the hackers behind the attack.
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Historical Examples of botnet
The attack was accomplished by means of a botnet, and for that I felt bad, but it was in the service of a good cause.
Cory Doctorow
There are so many infected PCs on the Internet that the price of hiring an hour or two on a botnet has crashed.
Cory Doctorow
British Dictionary definitions for botnet botnet noun
- (sometimes with a capital) a network of computers infected by a program that communicates with its creator in order to send unsolicited emails, attack websites, etc
Word Origin for botnet C20: from (ro) bot + net (work)