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

Also, a Ukrainian online bank said it fought off a massive distributed denial-of-service attack on Tuesday.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023

"The analysis shows that it is a denial-of-service attack," a parliament spokesperson said.

From Reuters • May 3, 2023

It’s not entirely clear how far-reaching the damage of the attacks has been, but the combination of ransomware and distributed denial-of-service seems to have had a fairly profound impact on day-to-day life in the country.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2022

On Feb. 15 and 16, Ukrainian banks suffered major denial-of-service attacks, meaning their websites were rendered inaccessible.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022

But the company also guards independent media that would otherwise be overwhelmed by the surging number of denial-of-service attacks, which bombard sites with nonsense traffic and render them unreachable.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2022