denial-of-service

[ dih-nahy-uhl-uhv-sur-vis ]

adjectiveDigital Technology.
  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1970–75

Other words from denial-of-service

  • denial of service, noun

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