SLASHDOT EFFECT
\slˈaʃdɒt ɪfˈɛkt], \slˈaʃdɒt ɪfˈɛkt], \s_l_ˈa_ʃ_d_ɒ_t ɪ_f_ˈɛ_k_t]\
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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 website slashdot.org (http://slashdot.org/).
By Denis Howe
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