denial-of-service attack

noun

Definitions

  1. A type of network computer attack that attempts to render a particular service (e.g. web…

    A type of network computer attack that attempts to render a particular service (e.g. web site) unavailable to its audience.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for denial-of-service attack. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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