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flooding

flooding

1 6.5
A large amount of unwanted requests sent to a server to make it stop working
  • noun
  • /ˈflʌdɪŋ/
  • Specialized
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  • During the attack, the network experienced significant flooding, resulting in slow performance and downtime.

Examples

  • Cybercriminals often use flooding to bombard online services with excessive traffic and cause them to crash.

  • Yes, extravagant flooding, likely because their server was overloaded.

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  • Data Flooding in Network Management

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  • The issue is data flooding.

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  • In turn, the word "spamming" was made synonymous with the flooding of emails, recounting the repetitive and unwanted presence of SPAM in this sketch.

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  • He has helped develop tools that allow both Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialists and responders to visualize and manage the onslaught of data flooding in during an environmental disaster and turn that into useful information for restoration.

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  • The IT department issued a warning about flooding that could disrupt access to the company’s server.

Synonyms

flood of visitors
vsflooding
2.9

A large number of people who arrive at one place quickly

is a malicious digital attack that overwhelms systems with excessive traffic

Compounds

widespread flooding
2 3.0

Water covers a large area and causes damage

How Overwhelming

shutdown
136 4.1
saturation
16 4.6
flooding
  • Specialized
1 6.5
surge
132 4.2
to spike
51 3.4

Surface Forms

flooding singular
floodings plural

Morphology

flooding = flood (semi-transparent) = flood + ing

The computing sense is a metaphorical extension of physical 'flood' (to overwhelm) and is predictable but requires mapping from water to traffic/requests.

Etymology

Flooding uses the same picture as water: the root flood means 'a great flow of water', and people use the word for a 'great flow' of digital requests too. That's why a sudden, huge number of requests can be called a flooding that overloads a server.