DoS

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Denial of Service is the exhaustion of resources on a computer or network. Legitimate users will be interrupted from doing their regular tasks and often a loss of monetary resources are involved. Denial of Service can cause stocks to fall and make administrators nervous and run around like chickens with their head cut off.