DoS
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "dos"
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From denial of service.
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DoS (third-person singular simple present DoSes, present participle DoSing, simple past and past participle DoSed)
- (transitive, computing, Internet) To commit a denial-of-service attack against.
- 2003, Jack Koziol, Intrusion Detection with Snort, Indianapolis, IN: Sams Publishing, →ISBN, page 15:
- In addition to out-of-spec traffic, malicious packets can contain payloads that cause a system to crash. A packet's payload is taken as input into a service. If the input is not properly checked, the application can be DoSed.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
DoS
- (teaching) Director of Studies; someone in charge of the academic side of a school including training teachers and deciding course materials.