See botnet on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "en:bot<id:robot>",
"4": "en:net<id:mesh>",
"id": "compromised computers",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-\nProto-Indo-European *-os\nProto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos\nProto-Balto-Slavic *árbas\nProto-Slavic *orbъ\nProto-Indo-European *-yeti\nProto-Indo-European *-éyeti\nProto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei\nProto-Slavic *-iti\nProto-Slavic *orbiti\nProto-Indo-European *-otéh₂\nProto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ\nProto-Slavic *-ota\nProto-Slavic *orbota\nOld Czech robota\nCzech robota\nCzech robotbor.\nEnglish robot\nEnglish bot\nProto-Indo-European *neHd-\nProto-Indo-European *-yós\nProto-Germanic *natją\nProto-West Germanic *nati\nOld English nett\nMiddle English net\nEnglish net\nEnglish botnet",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "bot",
"3": "net"
},
"expansion": "bot + net",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-\nProto-Indo-European *-os\nProto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos\nProto-Balto-Slavic *árbas\nProto-Slavic *orbъ\nProto-Indo-European *-yeti\nProto-Indo-European *-éyeti\nProto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei\nProto-Slavic *-iti\nProto-Slavic *orbiti\nProto-Indo-European *-otéh₂\nProto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ\nProto-Slavic *-ota\nProto-Slavic *orbota\nOld Czech robota\nCzech robota\nCzech robotbor.\nEnglish robot\nEnglish bot\nProto-Indo-European *neHd-\nProto-Indo-European *-yós\nProto-Germanic *natją\nProto-West Germanic *nati\nOld English nett\nMiddle English net\nEnglish net\nEnglish botnet\nFrom bot + net.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "botnets",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "botnet (plural botnets)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "botherder"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Computer security",
"orig": "en:Computer security",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Internet",
"orig": "en:Internet",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "94 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "98 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "97 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "94 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "93 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "95 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "93 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "93 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Marathi translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "94 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "93 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
85,
92
]
],
"ref": "2010 November 20, “Long life spam”, in The Economist:",
"text": "Then they blacklisted addresses used by spammers. In response, senders started using botnets (networks of otherwise innocent computers).",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A collection of compromised computers that is gradually built up and then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam."
],
"id": "en-botnet-en-noun-WU4Py7Iz",
"links": [
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"computer security",
"computer security"
],
[
"unleash",
"unleash"
],
[
"DDOS",
"DDOS"
],
[
"spam",
"spam"
]
],
"qualifier": "computer security",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Internet, computer security) A collection of compromised computers that is gradually built up and then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam."
],
"tags": [
"Internet"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "collection of compromised computers",
"word": "bottiverkko"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "collection of compromised computers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "botnet"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "collection of compromised computers",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Botnet"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"lang_code": "mr",
"roman": "bŏṭneṭ",
"sense": "collection of compromised computers",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "बॉटनेट"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "collection of compromised computers",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "botnet"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "collection of compromised computers",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "botnet"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
17,
23
]
],
"text": "Google Chrome is botnet, use Firefox instead",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"spyware"
],
"id": "en-botnet-en-noun-f-~iisf2",
"links": [
[
"spyware",
"spyware#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "4chan slang",
"raw_glosses": [
"(4chan slang) spyware"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɒtnɛt/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
}
],
"word": "botnet"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "se",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "botnet",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"lang_code": "se",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "31 2 54 7 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "31 1 60 4 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "69 11 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Northern Sami entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "botnit"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of botnit:",
"third-person plural present indicative"
],
"id": "en-botnet-se-verb-oM0nNovM",
"links": [
[
"botnit",
"botnit#Northern_Sami"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "botnit"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of botnit:",
"second-person singular past indicative"
],
"id": "en-botnet-se-verb-7cGd7Bgc",
"links": [
[
"botnit",
"botnit#Northern_Sami"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "botnit"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of botnit:",
"second-person plural imperative"
],
"id": "en-botnet-se-verb-4yB7A3BP",
"links": [
[
"botnit",
"botnit#Northern_Sami"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpotneh(t)/",
"tags": [
"Kautokeino"
]
}
],
"word": "botnet"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "botnets",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "botnet m (plural botnets)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"bot‧net"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"bot‧net"
]
}
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "es",
"name": "Computer security",
"orig": "es:Computer security",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "es",
"name": "Internet",
"orig": "es:Internet",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"botnet"
],
"id": "en-botnet-es-noun--szzTKIB",
"links": [
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"computer security",
"computer security"
],
[
"botnet",
"botnet#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "computer security",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Internet, computer security) botnet"
],
"tags": [
"Internet",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbodnet/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈboð̞.net̪]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-odnet"
}
],
"word": "botnet"
}
{
"categories": [
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with etymology trees",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃erbʰ-",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₃órbʰos",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Marathi translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "en:bot<id:robot>",
"4": "en:net<id:mesh>",
"id": "compromised computers",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-\nProto-Indo-European *-os\nProto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos\nProto-Balto-Slavic *árbas\nProto-Slavic *orbъ\nProto-Indo-European *-yeti\nProto-Indo-European *-éyeti\nProto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei\nProto-Slavic *-iti\nProto-Slavic *orbiti\nProto-Indo-European *-otéh₂\nProto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ\nProto-Slavic *-ota\nProto-Slavic *orbota\nOld Czech robota\nCzech robota\nCzech robotbor.\nEnglish robot\nEnglish bot\nProto-Indo-European *neHd-\nProto-Indo-European *-yós\nProto-Germanic *natją\nProto-West Germanic *nati\nOld English nett\nMiddle English net\nEnglish net\nEnglish botnet",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "bot",
"3": "net"
},
"expansion": "bot + net",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-\nProto-Indo-European *-os\nProto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos\nProto-Balto-Slavic *árbas\nProto-Slavic *orbъ\nProto-Indo-European *-yeti\nProto-Indo-European *-éyeti\nProto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei\nProto-Slavic *-iti\nProto-Slavic *orbiti\nProto-Indo-European *-otéh₂\nProto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ\nProto-Slavic *-ota\nProto-Slavic *orbota\nOld Czech robota\nCzech robota\nCzech robotbor.\nEnglish robot\nEnglish bot\nProto-Indo-European *neHd-\nProto-Indo-European *-yós\nProto-Germanic *natją\nProto-West Germanic *nati\nOld English nett\nMiddle English net\nEnglish net\nEnglish botnet\nFrom bot + net.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "botnets",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "botnet (plural botnets)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "botherder"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Computer security",
"en:Internet"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
85,
92
]
],
"ref": "2010 November 20, “Long life spam”, in The Economist:",
"text": "Then they blacklisted addresses used by spammers. In response, senders started using botnets (networks of otherwise innocent computers).",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A collection of compromised computers that is gradually built up and then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam."
],
"links": [
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"computer security",
"computer security"
],
[
"unleash",
"unleash"
],
[
"DDOS",
"DDOS"
],
[
"spam",
"spam"
]
],
"qualifier": "computer security",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Internet, computer security) A collection of compromised computers that is gradually built up and then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam."
],
"tags": [
"Internet"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English 4chan slang",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
17,
23
]
],
"text": "Google Chrome is botnet, use Firefox instead",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"spyware"
],
"links": [
[
"spyware",
"spyware#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "4chan slang",
"raw_glosses": [
"(4chan slang) spyware"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɒtnɛt/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "collection of compromised computers",
"word": "bottiverkko"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "collection of compromised computers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "botnet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "collection of compromised computers",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Botnet"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"lang_code": "mr",
"roman": "bŏṭneṭ",
"sense": "collection of compromised computers",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "बॉटनेट"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "collection of compromised computers",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "botnet"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "collection of compromised computers",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "botnet"
}
],
"word": "botnet"
}
{
"categories": [
"Northern Sami 2-syllable words",
"Northern Sami entries with incorrect language header",
"Northern Sami non-lemma forms",
"Northern Sami terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Northern Sami verb forms",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "se",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "botnet",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"lang_code": "se",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "botnit"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of botnit:",
"third-person plural present indicative"
],
"links": [
[
"botnit",
"botnit#Northern_Sami"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "botnit"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of botnit:",
"second-person singular past indicative"
],
"links": [
[
"botnit",
"botnit#Northern_Sami"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "botnit"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of botnit:",
"second-person plural imperative"
],
"links": [
[
"botnit",
"botnit#Northern_Sami"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpotneh(t)/",
"tags": [
"Kautokeino"
]
}
],
"word": "botnet"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "botnets",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "botnet m (plural botnets)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"bot‧net"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"bot‧net"
]
}
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Spanish/odnet",
"Rhymes:Spanish/odnet/2 syllables",
"Spanish 2-syllable words",
"Spanish countable nouns",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish masculine nouns",
"Spanish nouns",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"es:Computer security",
"es:Internet"
],
"glosses": [
"botnet"
],
"links": [
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"computer security",
"computer security"
],
[
"botnet",
"botnet#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "computer security",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Internet, computer security) botnet"
],
"tags": [
"Internet",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbodnet/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈboð̞.net̪]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-odnet"
}
],
"word": "botnet"
}
Download raw JSONL data for botnet meaning in All languages combined (6.8kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.