denial-of-service
[ dih-nahy-uh l-uh v-sur-vis ]
/ dɪˈnaɪ əl əvˈsɜr vɪs /
adjective Digital 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.
Nearby words
denham, deni, deniability, deniable, denial, denial-of-service, denial-of-service attack, denialist, denidation, denier, denigrate
Also DoS
Related forms
denial of service, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for denial-of-service
Soon after, WikiLeaks went down for ten days after an onslaught of denial-of-service attacks.
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