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DDoS
[ dee-daws, ‐-dos; dee-dee-oh-es ]
adjective
- pertaining to or being an incident in which a network of computers floods an online resource with high levels of unwanted traffic so that it is inaccessible to legitimate service requests:
a DDoS attack.
DDoS
abbreviation for
- distributed denial of service: a method of attacking a computer system by flooding it with so many messages that it is obliged to shut down
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Word History and Origins
Origin of DDoS1
1995–2000; D(istributed) D(enial) o(f) S(ervice)
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Example Sentences
This attack, coming just days after the PlayStation DDoS, was certainly an eye-opener.
From The Daily Beast
Kamphuis said he himself had nothing to do with DDoS attacks.
From The Daily Beast
The tactic used against the Israeli websites is known as a DDOS attack.
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