A knowbot is a kind of bot that automatically collects certain specified information from web sites.
KNOWBOT is the acronym for Knowledge-Based Object Technology. This term, used as early as 1988[1] and known to have been implemented by December 1989 at the latest[2] describes computer-based objects developed for collecting and storing specific information, to use that information to accomplish a particular task, and to enable sharing that information with other objects or processes. An early use of knowbots was to provide a computerized assistant to users to complete redundant detailed tasks without a need to train the user in computer technology.
See also
- Knowbot Information Service
- Web crawler, a program that visits Web sites and gathers information according to some generalized criteria (as opposed to user-specified criteria) and subsequently indexes it[3]
References
- ^ "THE DIGITAL LIBRARY PROJECT VOLUME 1: The World of Knowbots (DRAFT) - An open architecture for a digital library system and a plan for its development" (PDF).
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
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