denial-of-service

American  

[dih-nahy-uhl-uhv-sur-vis] / dɪˈnaɪ əl əvˈsɜr vɪs /

adjective

Digital 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.

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Other Word Forms

• denial of service noun

Etymology

Origin of denial-of-service

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

There have been a slew of denial-of-service attacks by pro-Russia ‘hacktivists’ on Ukraine, its European allies and U.S. websites since Russia invaded its neighbor last year — few having significant impact.

From Washington Times

Meanwhile, Finland’s parliament said that its website was hit with a so-called denial-of-service attack, which made the site hard to use, with many pages not loading and some functions not available, the Associated Press reported from Helsinki.

From Los Angeles Times

The attacks followed a call by a shadowy group of pro-Russian hackers that calls itself Killnet for coordinated denial-of-service attacks on the targets.

From Seattle Times

The websites for some major U.S. airports went down early Monday in an apparent coordinated denial-of-service attack, although officials said flights were not affected.

From Seattle Times

Matt Crain of the Colorado County Clerks Association told the Post that Trump supporters appear to be waging "a denial-of-service attack on local government," rendering election offices unable to perform their usual work of organizing the election that's set to take place in just eight weeks.

From Salon