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

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译者李科，毕业于世界顶级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与国家安全审查相关的法律文件。