denial-of-service

[ dih-nahy-uhl-uhv-sur-vis ]

adjective

, Digital Technology.

1. pertaining to or being an incident in which a computer or computer network is disabled, disrupting access or service:

   a website hit by a denial-of-service attack; unintentional denial-of-service problems.

Other Words From

• denial of service noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of denial-of-service¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Earlier in October, Russian hackers were purportedly behind a denial-of-service attack against Raffensberger's government website, which provides instructions for people on how to vote in Georgia.

From Salon

Eastern time, the chat was delayed more than 40 minutes as a result of technical difficulties that Musk claimed without evidence was due to a denial-of-service cyberattack from Democratic partisans.

From Salon

Cybersecurity researchers say CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn was among groups suspected of Russian government ties that engaged last year in low-complexity attacks against Ukraine and its allies, including denial-of-service data barrages that temporarily knock websites offline.

From Seattle Times

Cybersecurity experts say denial-of-service hackers are often state-backed actors seeking money and can use tactics to try to hide their identity.

From Seattle Times

Also, a Ukrainian online bank said it fought off a massive distributed denial-of-service attack on Tuesday.

From Seattle Times