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]