dos
IPA: dˈɔs
Root Word: DoS
noun
- (computing, Internet) A denial-of-service attack.
- (teaching) Director of Studies; someone in charge of the academic side of a school including training teachers and deciding course materials.
- (computing, historical) Acronym of Disk Operating System, a family of disk-based operating systems.
- (US politics) Initialism of Department of State.
- (military) Initialism of date of service.
- (military) Initialism of date of separation.
- (computing, Internet) Initialism of denial of service. [(Internet) A denial-of-service attack.]
- (sciences) Initialism of density of states.
- (education) Initialism of director of studies.
verb
- (transitive, computing, Internet) To commit a denial-of-service attack against.
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