"smurf attack" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "In reference to the Smurf cartoon characters, suggesting a large number of small attackers overwhelming a larger opponent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "smurf attacks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "smurf attack (plural smurf attacks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computer security",
          "orig": "en:Computer security",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A largely obsolete form of denial-of-service attack, involving broadcasting ICMP packets with the intended victim's IP address to a large computer network, causing the victim's computer to be overwhelmed by the response packets from the network."
      ],
      "id": "en-smurf_attack-en-noun-7kcikACR",
      "links": [
        [
          "computer security",
          "computer security"
        ],
        [
          "obsolete",
          "obsolete"
        ],
        [
          "denial-of-service attack",
          "denial-of-service attack"
        ],
        [
          "ICMP",
          "ICMP"
        ],
        [
          "IP address",
          "IP address"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "computer security",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computer security) A largely obsolete form of denial-of-service attack, involving broadcasting ICMP packets with the intended victim's IP address to a large computer network, causing the victim's computer to be overwhelmed by the response packets from the network."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "smurfable"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Smurf attack",
        "The Smurfs"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "smurf attack"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "In reference to the Smurf cartoon characters, suggesting a large number of small attackers overwhelming a larger opponent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "smurf attacks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "smurf attack (plural smurf attacks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "smurfable"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "en:Computer security"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A largely obsolete form of denial-of-service attack, involving broadcasting ICMP packets with the intended victim's IP address to a large computer network, causing the victim's computer to be overwhelmed by the response packets from the network."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computer security",
          "computer security"
        ],
        [
          "obsolete",
          "obsolete"
        ],
        [
          "denial-of-service attack",
          "denial-of-service attack"
        ],
        [
          "ICMP",
          "ICMP"
        ],
        [
          "IP address",
          "IP address"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "computer security",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computer security) A largely obsolete form of denial-of-service attack, involving broadcasting ICMP packets with the intended victim's IP address to a large computer network, causing the victim's computer to be overwhelmed by the response packets from the network."
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Smurf attack",
        "The Smurfs"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "smurf attack"
}