— 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 try to access the target computer at the same time. — Abbr. DDoS attack.
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.
