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antibot (pluralantibots)

1. A series of small plates fitted tocrampons to prevent the buildup ofsnow.
   • 2005, Craig Connally,The Mountaineering Handbook:

     Consider addingantibot plates if you hike when balling up is a frequent problem[…]

   • 2018,Accidents in North American Climbing 2018, The American Alpine Club:

     Care must be taken to mitigate the impact of warm snow balling up underneath crampons, making them more prone to slipping[…]“Anti-bot” plates on crampons help a lot[…]

• anti-bot
• antibott,anti-bott

Fromanti- +‎bot.

antibot (notcomparable)

1. (computing) Working tocombat ordefend againstbots, especiallymalicious ordisruptive ones.
   • 2019, Nicholas Diakopoulos,Automating the News: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Media, page172:

     If a bunch of bots all follow an account at the same time, or report the account as spam, this can trigger an account suspension. In this way Twitter's antispam andantibot tools are weaponized to create additional friction for the legitimate use of the service by targeted users.