Slashdot

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To render a website slow or unusable via the unusually large number of page requests that result from a link on a very popular web site. Internet, dated

    "2002, Shelley Powers et al., Unix Power Tools http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0596003307&id=t295L6vYuUkC&pg=PA501&lpg=PA501&dq=slashdotted&sig=rF5IZDXp33wnnsgkRIC5niMtqHM If these numbers are significantly higher than normal usage, something is amiss (perhaps your web server has been slashdotted)."

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"2002, Shelley Powers et al., Unix Power Tools http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0596003307&id=t295L6vYuUkC&pg=PA501&lpg=PA501&dq=slashdotted&sig=rF5IZDXp33wnnsgkRIC5niMtqHM If these numbers are significantly higher than normal usage, something is amiss (perhaps your web server has been slashdotted)."

Etymology

After Slashdot, a site that commonly links to other, smaller sites.

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slashdot effect

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