DDoS is where large numbers of computers, under malicious control, overload their target with web requests.
Ness was fascinated by the idea of "information overload" and how relevant it is to today.
Few business environments see more daily disruption and overload today than brand and PR departments.
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"We didn't want to go into overload in creating all these entities, " says DiMarco.
Put a psychedelic pop band and a bird-obsessed electronic duo together, and you get sensory overload.
To tackle image overload, the HP system captures information about images, called metadata, too.
Kutcher's pancreas may have been overworked if his body was receiving an overload of sugar.
It has become information overload with users struggling to navigate their news feed for relevant updates.
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So rather than drown in spam, we employ new ways of coping with data overload.
Yorkshire Water says river water is getting into its sewer network, causing it to overload.
Are high-powered optimized systems the way to go, or are they just another route to infrastructure overload?
It was a prime opportunity for marketers, but one they may have missed due to channel overload.
Part of our 20th-century dilemma -- guaranteed to worsen in the 21st -- is pure intellectual overload.
In a "busy" environment, I will eventually go into sensory overload and my mind will go blank.
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Today, your brand story is how you distinguish yourself from the storm of information overload and attention deficit.
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The birth announcement of the digital wireless era--issued circa 1995--was soon lost in an overload of Internet mania.
And the gap of that almost multiplied thousands, perhaps millions, of times creates the experience of simulation overload.
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This caused overload of all kinds of network infrastructures, including switches, routers, and the internet service providers themselves.
Interesting, given that the real-time feed of Twitter seems to have only exacerbated the problem of information overload.
Now with BIRT Analytics, we have provided more user autonomy and thus reduced the work overload of IT.
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In simple terms, info overload means that a person inundated with data has a harder time making decisions.
Dealing with tip overload is something I'll get to later, but first, let me lay out the landscape.
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That's good news, Crossan said, since information overload is one of the most significant problems for e-mail communications.
Jonathan Spira, chief analyst at research firm Basex , has been tracking the information overload phenomenon for years.
"We don't want to overload the market, " explained Mr Burns, MP for Chelmsford.
Clay Johnson: Information overload is the wrong term because it blames the information.
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And listening is a skill that is in desperately short supply in this era of over-stimulation and information overload.
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The Center believes that there is an information (and misinformation) overload from sources offering conflicting material on financial aid.
Many executives also wished for a do-it-all device that would reduce gadget overload.
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