"DoS" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /diː oː ˈɛs/ Forms: DoSs [plural], DoSes [plural], DOS [alternative]
Etymology: From denial of service. Head templates: {{en-noun|s|DoSes}} DoS (plural DoSs or DoSes)
  1. (computing, Internet) A denial-of-service attack. Tags: Internet Derived forms: DDoS
    Sense id: en-DoS-en-noun-Z-~UYHFo Categories (other): Computing, Internet, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 11 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 6 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 9 32 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} DoS
  1. (teaching) Director of Studies; someone in charge of the academic side of a school including training teachers and deciding course materials.
    Sense id: en-DoS-en-noun-Ttn0itlE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /diː oː ˈɛs/ Forms: DoSes [present, singular, third-person], DoSing [participle, present], DoSed [participle, past], DoSed [past], DOS [alternative]
Etymology: From denial of service. Head templates: {{en-verb|~es|+|+}} DoS (third-person singular simple present DoSes, present participle DoSing, simple past and past participle DoSed)
  1. (transitive, computing, Internet) To commit a denial-of-service attack against. Tags: Internet, transitive
    Sense id: en-DoS-en-verb-pqxPFcZV Categories (other): Computing, Internet Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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