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mail bomb — UK US noun [C] (also email bomb) IT ► an occasion when many email messages are sent to a single address at the same time, for example as a way of complaining or showing anger about something, or in order to annoy someone: »Mail bombs choked the… … Financial and business terms
mail-bomb — UK US noun [C] (also email bomb) IT ► an occasion when many email messages are sent to a single address at the same time, for example as a way of complaining or showing anger about something, or in order to annoy someone: »Mail bombs choked the… … Financial and business terms
Mail bomb — Mail bombing Le mail bombing est une technique d attaque visant à saturer une boîte aux lettres électronique par l envoi en masse de messages quelconques par un programme automatisé. On utilise le terme mail bomber pour caractériser l action de… … Wikipédia en Français
mail bomb — noun A massive amount of electronic mail sent to a computer with the aim of filling up space in the computer s memory, and so causing it to stop functioning • • • Main Entry: ↑mail … Useful english dictionary
mail bomb — mail′ bomb n. cvb letter bomb • Etymology: 1970–75 … From formal English to slang
mail bomb — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms mail bomb : singular mail bomb plural mail bombs American a small bomb sent in a parcel and designed to explode when the parcel is opened Derived word: mail bomb UK / US verb transitive Word forms mail bomb :… … English dictionary
mail bomb. — See letter bomb. [1970 75] * * * … Universalium
mail bomb — noun 1》 N. Amer. a letter bomb. 2》 an overwhelming quantity of email messages sent to one address … English new terms dictionary
mail bomb. — See letter bomb. [1970 75] … Useful english dictionary
E-mail bomb — In Internet usage, an e mail bomb is a form of net abuse consisting of sending huge volumes of e mail to an address in an attempt to overflow the mailbox or overwhelm the server where the email address is hosted in a denial of service attack.… … Wikipedia
