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 […]

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.