denial-of-service attack

English

Noun

denial-of-service attack (plural denial-of-service attacks)

1. (computer security) A type of network computer attack that attempts to render a particular service (e.g. web site) unavailable to its audience.

   Synonyms: DoS (initialism), denial of service (clipping)

Translations

network attack

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分散式阻斷服務攻擊 / 分散式阻断服务攻击 (fēnsànshì zǔduàn fúwù gōngjī), 洪水攻擊 / 洪水攻击 (hóngshuǐ gōngjī)

• Finnish: palvelunestohyökkäys (fi)
• French: déni de service (fr)
• Greek: επίθεση άρνησης υπηρεσίας (epíthesi árnisis ypiresías)
• Polish: blokada usług f
• Portuguese: ataque de negação de serviço m ataque de DDoS m
• Spanish: ataque de negación de servicio m
• Swedish: överbelastningsattack (sv) c

See also

• nuke (to carry out a denial-of-service attack against an IRC user)