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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>flood</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="flippy.html" title="flippy"/><link rel="next" href="flowchart.html" title="flowchart"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">flood</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="flippy.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="flowchart.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="flood"/><dt xmlns="" id="flood"><b>flood</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. To overwhelm a network channel with mechanically-generated
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traffic; especially used of IP, TCP/IP, UDP, or ICMP denial-of-service
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attacks. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. To dump large amounts of text onto an <a href="../I/IRC.html"><i class="glossterm">IRC</i></a>
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channel. This is especially rude when the text is uninteresting and the
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other users are trying to carry on a serious conversation. Also used in a
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similar sense on Usenet.</p></dd><dd><p> 3. [Usenet] To post an unusually large number or volume of files on
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