"denial of service" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "denials of service",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "denials of service"
      },
      "expansion": "denial of service (plural denials of service)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "en:Internet",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "97 3",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A denial-of-service attack."
      ],
      "id": "en-denial_of_service-en-noun-Z-~UYHFo",
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "denial-of-service attack",
          "denial-of-service attack"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet) A denial-of-service attack."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1996, Akwatu Khenti, “A Historical Perspective on Racism”, in Carl E. James, editor, Perspectives on Racism and the Human Services Sector, University of Toronto Press, page 70",
          "text": "Black people have led protests against immigration restrictions, denial of service in restaurants, and employment discrimination right up to the present time (Walker 1980), in particular when even the authorities of the state could not be counted upon to help.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see denial, of, service."
      ],
      "id": "en-denial_of_service-en-noun-Ow8K~836",
      "links": [
        [
          "denial",
          "denial#English"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of#English"
        ],
        [
          "service",
          "service#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "denial of service"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "denials of service",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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      "expansion": "denial of service (plural denials of service)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Internet"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A denial-of-service attack."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "denial-of-service attack",
          "denial-of-service attack"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet) A denial-of-service attack."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1996, Akwatu Khenti, “A Historical Perspective on Racism”, in Carl E. James, editor, Perspectives on Racism and the Human Services Sector, University of Toronto Press, page 70",
          "text": "Black people have led protests against immigration restrictions, denial of service in restaurants, and employment discrimination right up to the present time (Walker 1980), in particular when even the authorities of the state could not be counted upon to help.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see denial, of, service."
      ],
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        [
          "denial",
          "denial#English"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of#English"
        ],
        [
          "service",
          "service#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "denial of service"
}