See synflood in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"A denial-of-service attack in which the attacker sends a succession of SYN (synchronization) requests to the target system in an attempt to consume its resources and make the system unresponsive to legitimate traffic."
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[
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"(Internet) A denial-of-service attack in which the attacker sends a succession of SYN (synchronization) requests to the target system in an attempt to consume its resources and make the system unresponsive to legitimate traffic."
],
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]
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"To carry out an attack of this kind."
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"(Internet) To carry out an attack of this kind."
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],
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"(Internet) To carry out an attack of this kind."
],
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}
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