denial-of-service
[ dih-nahy-uhl-uhv-sur-vis ]
adjectiveDigital Technology.
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.
Origin of denial-of-service
1First recorded in 1970–75
- Also DoS
Other words from denial-of-service
- denial of service, noun
Words Nearby denial-of-service
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How to use denial-of-service in a sentence
Soon after, WikiLeaks went down for ten days after an onslaught of denial-of-service attacks.
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