Denial of Service Attack

Definition: A denial of service (DoS) attack is an attempt to make a machine, service, or network unavailable by overwhelming it with excessive traffic or requests.

Context/Example: An attacker sends an enormous number of requests to a server hosting a machine learning API, causing it to slow down, crash, or become inaccessible to legitimate users.

Related Concepts: DDoS, Network Security, Rate Limiting, Load Balancing