Software bot

A software bot is a type of <a href="/facts/Software_agent/aevgKHF0">software agent</a> in the service of software project management and software engineering. A software bot has an identity and potentially personified aspects in order to serve their stakeholders. Software bots often compose software services and provide an alternative user interface, which is sometimes, but not necessarily conversational.
Software bots are typically used to execute tasks, suggest actions, engage in dialogue, and promote social and cultural aspects of a software project.
The term bot is derived from <a href="/facts/Robot/S5mDzWYk">robot</a>. However, robots act in the physical world and software bots act only in digital spaces. Some software bots are designed and behave as <a href="/facts/Chatbot/kASkMjs7">chatbots</a>, but not all <a href="/facts/Chatbot/kASkMjs7">chatbots</a> are software bots. Discussions about the past and future of software bots show that software bots have been adopted for many years.

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Software bot