An assault on a network that floods it with so many requests that regular traffic is either slowed or completely interrupted. Unlike a virus or worm, which can cause severe damage to databases, a ...

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A refusal to acknowledge a threatening, uncomfortable, or inconvenient truth, denial is a developmentally normal, unconscious defense mechanism of early childhood. Children may deny a "bad" feeling ...

A condition in which a system can no longer respond to normal requests. See denial-of-service attack. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.