Slashdot effect

(ˈslæʃˌdɒt) n (Computer Science) computing a temporary surge in the numbers visiting a website and consequent service slowdown or even server crash that sometimes arises as a result of a new link being set up from a more popular website[C21: from the symbols slash + dot, which are conventions of website addresses]

slashdot effect

(jargon)An effect where a document on a WWW server islinked to from another, popular, site, with the resultanttraffic overloading the server so that a connection cannot bemade to it. This is especially likely if the server isrunning Microsoft IIS.

The term was coined by readers of the Unix advocacy web site slashdot.org.

slashdot effect

The condition in which a website is overloaded with traffic because of a positive news article or review published at another website. The term comes from Slashdot.com, the "News for Nerds" site that posts articles on technical subjects submitted by users. The term has evolved to mean any electronic onslaught. For example, to "slashdot a vote" means to bombard congressmen by email before a critical vote. For information, visit www.slashdot.com.

单词	slashdot effect
释义	Slashdot effect Slashdot effect (ˈslæʃˌdɒt) n (Computer Science) computing a temporary surge in the numbers visiting a website and consequent service slowdown or even server crash that sometimes arises as a result of a new link being set up from a more popular website[C21: from the symbols slash + dot, which are conventions of website addresses] slashdot effect slashdot effect (jargon)An effect where a document on a WWW server islinked to from another, popular, site, with the resultanttraffic overloading the server so that a connection cannot bemade to it. This is especially likely if the server isrunning Microsoft IIS. The term was coined by readers of the Unix advocacy web site slashdot.org. slashdot effect The condition in which a website is overloaded with traffic because of a positive news article or review published at another website. The term comes from Slashdot.com, the "News for Nerds" site that posts articles on technical subjects submitted by users. The term has evolved to mean any electronic onslaught. For example, to "slashdot a vote" means to bombard congressmen by email before a critical vote. For information, visit www.slashdot.com.
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