knowbots

it's actually an acronym for Knowledge Based Object Technology

Considered reference librarians of the future, knowbots are software agents that can worm their way through networks looking for requested info. Simply put, a knowbot is a kind of bot that collects information by automatically gathering certain information from websites. For example, "Full-feature knowbots are still on the drawing board, while some preliminary systems are currently in use."

See also : fix it in post  
NetLingo Classification: Online Jargon

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