English
Etymology
From the popular geek news site Slashdot (http://slashdot.org).
Pronunciation
:(US) SAMPA:/sl{S.dQt/
Verb
en-verb|slashdot|t|ing
- context|computing|internet To render a web site slow or unusable via the unusually large number of page requests that result from a link on a very popular web site.
- To overwhelm, swamp.
See also
DDOS
DDOS attack
Quotations
2002, Shelley Powers et al., Unix Power Tools 1
[2003], 2006 Matthew Strebe, The Best of SlashNOT?, 2002–2005 2
2005, Ivan Ristic, Apache Security 3
2005, Charles Stross, Accelerando 4
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