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. [Blacks Law 8th]