slashdotting

English

Etymology

See slashdot.

Noun

slashdotting (plural slashdottings)

  1. An instance of the Slashdot effect.
    • 2008, Ben Scofield, Practical REST on Rails 2 Projects, page 258:
      Luckily, there are a variety of strategies to meet these challenges, ranging from careful planning before development to last-minute fixes you can make as a slashdotting or DoS attack first starts to overwhelm your servers.

Verb

slashdotting

  1. present participle and gerund of slashdot
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