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distributed denial of service

nounid 2354·updated Aug 30, 2026
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A Denial of Service technique that uses numerous hosts to perform the attack.

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

acronym
DDoS
plural
distributed denial of services
possessive
distributed denial of service's
pluralpossessive
distributed denial of services'

Framework definitions

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
§1
A denial of service technique that uses numerous systems to perform the attack simultaneously.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
A Denial of Service technique that uses numerous hosts to perform the attack.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
A Denial of Service technique that uses numerous hosts to perform the attack.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A Denial of Service technique that uses numerous hosts to perform the attack.
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