DoS

A denial-of-service attack.

Noun computing, engineering

  1. A denial-of-service attack.

Origin

From denial of service.

Forms

DoSs DoSes DOS

Derived

DDoS

Noun education

  1. A Director of Studies; someone who oversees the scholarly aspects of an institution, including faculty development and curriculum design.

Verb

  1. To commit a denial-of-service attack against.
    • 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...

Forms

DoSes DoSing DoSed DOS