The temporary denial-of-service effect resulting from a website being linked to from a story on the front page of the Slashdot (www.slashdot.org) tech news website.
The phenomenon mostly affects websites on lower-capacity servers. They can run for years with low-medium traffic, but with the huge tsunami of requests that come from being linked on Slashdot, such websites can be effectively paralysed for half a day or more.
The phenomenon mostly affects websites on lower-capacity servers. They can run for years with low-medium traffic, but with the huge tsunami of requests that come from being linked on Slashdot, such websites can be effectively paralysed for half a day or more.
"Dammit, I can't reach Pranknet."
"Try again tomorrow, dude, the site got slashddos'ed an hour ago."
"Try again tomorrow, dude, the site got slashddos'ed an hour ago."
by aum108 August 9, 2009
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woman on train 1 "is there a slashouse knocking about?"
woman on train 2 "through the door and down the end of the carriage"
*woman on train 1 after following directions does her business and bumps into person on train 2 on the way back to her seat*
woman on train 1 (commenting on the suicide of a fare dodger holding the train up) " trust the reprobates to muck things up for the rest of us!"
woman on train 2 "Totally true. What was that you were asking for the leshush?"
woman on train 1 "Slashouse"
woman on train 2 "through the door and down the end of the carriage"
*woman on train 1 after following directions does her business and bumps into person on train 2 on the way back to her seat*
woman on train 1 (commenting on the suicide of a fare dodger holding the train up) " trust the reprobates to muck things up for the rest of us!"
woman on train 2 "Totally true. What was that you were asking for the leshush?"
woman on train 1 "Slashouse"
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