demon dialing

noun

Etymology

From the Demon Dialer product from Zoom Telephonics, Inc., a telephone device produced in the 1980s which repeatedly dialed busy telephone numbers under control of an extension phone.

Definitions

  1. The use of a computer to dial a number repeatedly (usually to a crowded modem pool) in an…

    The use of a computer to dial a number repeatedly (usually to a crowded modem pool) in an attempt to gain access immediately after another user has hung up.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for demon dialing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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