"hug of death" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hugs of death [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|hugs of death}} hug of death (plural hugs of death)
  1. (Internet) A metaphorical hug given by an extreme spike in usage of an Internet service that causes an outage of said service. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-hug_of_death-en-noun-3QvgBFET Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hug, of, death.
    Sense id: en-hug_of_death-en-noun-gADLd-cK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: screen of death

Inflected forms

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          "text": "But the law of trespass to chattels embeds good intuitions about balancing one person's ownership with another's casual interaction. It is fine if you pet my dog, just don't pet him so much that his hair falls off! It's fine if you link my content, just don't give my server the Internet hug of death.⁴²",
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