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DDoS

ཁྱབ་འགྱེད་ཞབས་ཞུ་ཟློག་པ།

分布式拒绝服务

DDoS · ཁྱབ་འགྱེད་ཞབས་ཞུ་ཟློག་པ། · 分布式拒绝服务 · dee-dee-oh-ESS · distributed denial of service · DoS · Cybersecurity · availability · attack · networkCybersecuritydistributed denial of service DoS

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Also known as: distributed denial of service, DoS

Last updated August 7, 2026

Definition

A DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack floods a target with traffic from many sources so legitimate users cannot reach the service.

Real-World Example

An online shop may go offline during a sale if attackers overwhelm its servers with fake requests from thousands of compromised devices.

References

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