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

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 • Oct. 10, 2022

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

His remarks were delayed by over an hour after the Kremlin cited “large-scale” distributed denial-of-service cyberattacks on the conference’s computer systems.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 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

Among the threats they are preparing for: ransomware and malware attacks; denial-of-service attacks that take down websites; and data wiping and theft, possibly simultaneously.

From Reuters • Feb. 27, 2022