denial-of-service attack

English

Noun

denial-of-service attack (plural denial-of-service attacks)

  1. (computer security) A type of network computer attack that attempts to render a particular service (e.g. web site) unavailable to its audience.
    Synonyms: DoS (initialism), denial of service (clipping)

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See also

  • nuke (to carry out a denial-of-service attack against an IRC user)
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