botwar

chat The epic struggle of bots vying for dominance.

Botwars are generally (and quite inappropriately) carried out

on talk systems, typically IRC, where botwar crossfire

(such as pingflooding) absorbs scarce server resources and

obstructs human conversation.

The wisdom of experience indicates that Core Wars, not

talk systems, are the appropriate venue for aggressive bots

and their botmasters.

Compare penis war.

(1997-04-08)