DoS

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dos"

English

Etymology 1

From denial of service.

Alternative forms

• DOS

Noun

DoS (plural DoSs or DoSes)

1. (computing, Internet) A denial-of-service attack.

Derived terms

• DDoS

Verb

DoS (third-person singular simple present DoSes, present participle DoSing, simple past and past participle DoSed)

1. (transitive, computing, Internet) To commit a denial-of-service attack against.
   • 2003, Jack Koziol, Intrusion Detection with Snort, Indianapolis, IN: Sams Publishing, →ISBN, page 15:

     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 DoSed.

Etymology 2

Noun

DoS

1. (teaching) Director of Studies; someone in charge of the academic side of a school including training teachers and deciding course materials.

Anagrams

• ods, sod, OD's, ODS, dso, OS&D, SOD, OSD, ODs, SDO, SoD, DSO