DDoS

[ dee-daws, ‐-dos; dee-dee-oh-es ]

adjective

1. 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

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of DDoS¹

1995–2000; D(istributed) D(enial) o(f) S(ervice)

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.

From The Daily Beast