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DoS

Definition: Denial of service attack !
in plain English, a situation where a server becomes so saturated with requests from clients that it can't handle any new clients anymore
in its simplest & oldest way,a program is placed on one computer & keeps asking another computer for the same piece of data but repeated over & over & over again .
Usage: Israeli sites are DoS attacked by Palestinian hackers
Posted by DrKamBosha on April 27, 2009 at 19:51:52 Pacific

DoS

Definition: Denial of Service
Usage: Hey man, we should bring down this person with a DoS
Posted by Kalbintion on August 11, 2009 at 20:37:49 Pacific

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