slashdotting
English edit
Etymology edit
See slashdot.
Noun edit
slashdotting (plural slashdottings)
- An instance of the Slashdot effect.
- 2008, Ben Scofield, Practical REST on Rails 2 Projects, page 258:
- Luckily, there are a variety of strategies to meet these challenges, ranging from careful planning before development to last-minute fixes you can make as a slashdotting or DoS attack first starts to overwhelm your servers.
Verb edit
slashdotting
- present participle and gerund of slashdot