backscatter | BabelNet

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In computing, a denial-of-service attack is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to a network.

denial-of-service attackDoS attack

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In photography, backscatter is an optical phenomenon resulting in typically circular artifacts on an image, due to the camera's flash being reflected from unfocused motes of dust, water droplets, or other particles in the air or water.

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In physics, backscatter is the reflection of waves, particles, or signals back to the direction from which they came.

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Backscatter is incorrectly automated bounce messages sent by mail servers, typically as a side effect of incoming spam.

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ENbackscatterVerb

Scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes

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