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infect

infect, vb. 1. To contaminate (the virus infected the entire network). 2. To taint with crime (one part of the city has long been infected with illegal drug-dealing). 3. To make (a ship or cargo) liable in the seizure of contraband, which is only a part of its cargo (claiming that the single package of

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denial of service attack

denial-of-service attack. A malicious strike against a computer, website, network, server, or database designed to render it inaccessible, usu. by overwhelming it with activity or by forcing it to malfunction. — Also termed nuking. — Abbr. DoS attack. distributed denial-of-service attack. A denial-of-service attack carried out by distributing a virus that causes infected computers to

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