"Slashdot effect" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "After Slashdot, a web site that commonly links to other, smaller sites, which can cause the eponymous effect.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Slashdot effects",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "Slashdot effect"
      },
      "expansion": "Slashdot effect (plural Slashdot effects)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "en:Internet",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The phenomenon whereby a site is overwhelmed by traffic after being linked to by a site with a larger audience."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet) The phenomenon whereby a site is overwhelmed by traffic after being linked to by a site with a larger audience."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "fark"
        },
        {
          "word": "slashdot"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "slashdotting"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Slashdot",
        "Slashdot effect"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Slashdot effect"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "After Slashdot, a web site that commonly links to other, smaller sites, which can cause the eponymous effect.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Slashdot effects",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "Slashdot effect"
      },
      "expansion": "Slashdot effect (plural Slashdot effects)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fark"
    },
    {
      "word": "slashdot"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "en:Internet"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The phenomenon whereby a site is overwhelmed by traffic after being linked to by a site with a larger audience."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet) The phenomenon whereby a site is overwhelmed by traffic after being linked to by a site with a larger audience."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Slashdot",
        "Slashdot effect"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "slashdotting"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Slashdot effect"
}