Chatbox vs. Chatbot

Chatboxnoun

(Internet) A chat room.

Chatboxnoun

(Internet) A tagboard.

Chatbotnoun

(computer science) A computer program that holds conversations through a chat room.

Chatbot

A chatbot is a software application used to conduct an on-line chat conversation via text or text-to-speech, in lieu of providing direct contact with a live human agent. Designed to convincingly simulate the way a human would behave as a conversational partner, chatbot systems typically require continuous tuning and testing, and many in production remain unable to adequately converse or pass the industry standard Turing test.