botnet
n.— «There are many files available from the bots on the botnet which can be reached even if the bot is on another network.» —“Re: The No Lag + No Split Alternative” by David Van Assche Usenet: alt.irc Dec. 26, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
If you take up texting and social media late in life, there’s a lot to learn! A twenty-something wants advice getting her dad up to speed on memes, Instagram, and animated images. Plus, when you’re on a long road trip, what do you call...
Martha from Rock Hill, South Carolina, wonders about the phrase She’s got the botts, meaning “she’s pouting.” The botts, also spelled the bots, refers to “a general malaise or moody spell,” and the bot in this case is the same bot in the botfly, a...