"bot herd" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bot herds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bot herd (plural bot herds)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computer security",
          "orig": "en:Computer security",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "en:Internet",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005 September 19, “Hackers target net call systems”, in BBC Online",
          "text": "So-called bot herds - networks of compromised PCs under the control of a malicious hacker - continue to be used as launch pads for other types of attack",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A large collection of compromised systems exploited for malicious purposes."
      ],
      "id": "en-bot_herd-en-noun-i5R7FS3Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "computer security",
          "computer security"
        ],
        [
          "compromised",
          "compromised"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "computer security",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet, computer security) A large collection of compromised systems exploited for malicious purposes."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bot herd"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bot herds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bot herd (plural bot herds)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Computer security",
        "en:Internet"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005 September 19, “Hackers target net call systems”, in BBC Online",
          "text": "So-called bot herds - networks of compromised PCs under the control of a malicious hacker - continue to be used as launch pads for other types of attack",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A large collection of compromised systems exploited for malicious purposes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "computer security",
          "computer security"
        ],
        [
          "compromised",
          "compromised"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "computer security",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet, computer security) A large collection of compromised systems exploited for malicious purposes."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bot herd"
}