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Meanings of distributed denial of service attack in English

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Usage of distributed denial of service attack in English
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The networks were taken offline due to a distributed denial of service attack.
The Guardian
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It was the most powerful distributed denial of service attack recorded to date.
Wired
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It was also offline yesterday for about an hour after a distributed denial of service attack.
Radio NZ
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In a blog Sony said: The networks were taken offline due to a distributed denial of service attack.
BBC
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A spokesperson said it appeared it was being affected in a similar way to yesterday's overseas distributed denial of service attack.
Radio NZ
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In late 2009, Bauxitevietnam.info, a Web site that had galvanized opposition, was knocked offline by a distributed denial of service attack.
Reuters
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The network came under a DDOS, or a distributed denial of service attack, which overloaded the system, stopping genuine users from getting online.
BBC
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The type of attack is known as a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS), which overwhelms the online service rendering it inoperable.
Radio NZ
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The website of Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has been taken offline by a distributed denial of service attack by computer hackers.
The Irish Times
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A Distributed Denial of Service attack takes down a website by overwhelming it with traffic.
BBC
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The website of the People's Bank of China (PBoC) and some exchanges were hit by what is known as a Distributed Denial of Service attack.
BBC