attack fax — n. A fax transmission (usually sent to the media) that attacks the ideas or conduct of an opponent or rival. Example Citations: The Clinton strategists...responded to the daily Attack Fax from the Bush campaign. (The Bush campaign used the… … New words
mobius fax — n. A continuous piece of paper faxed to a company as a prank or as a retaliation for distributing junk faxes. (From the mobius strip, a two dimensional surface that has only one side. To create one, take a long, rectangular strip of paper, twist… … New words
black fax — n. A black piece of paper faxed to a company as a prank or as retaliation for distributing junk faxes. Example Citation: Exasperated victims are finding unusual ways of fighting back. Those unable to contact the junk fax firms have been known to… … New words
blast fax — n. A fax that is sent to a large number of recipients. Example Citation: Many Senate aides said their offices are counting input only from home state constituents. Senate aides said that in recent years, they have been flooded with blast faxes… … New words
Black fax — The term black fax refers to a prank fax transmission, consisting of one or more pages entirely filled with a uniform black tone. The sender s intention is typically to consume as much of the recipient s fax ink, toner or thermal paper or disk… … Wikipedia
Denial-of-service attack — DoS redirects here. For other uses, see DOS (disambiguation). DDoS Stacheldraht Attack diagram. A denial of service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial of service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to … Wikipedia
Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway — Sarin attack on the Tokyo subway Kasumigaseki Station, one of the many stations affected during the attack Location Tokyo, Japan … Wikipedia
Directory Harvest Attack — A Directory Harvest Attack or DHA is a technique used by spammers in an attempt to find valid/existent e mail addresses at a domain by using brute force. The attack is usually carried out by way of a standard dictionary attack, where valid e mail … Wikipedia
faxlore — (FAKS.lohr) n. A rumor or urban legend spread via fax; jokes, cartoons, and sayings spread via fax. Also: fax lore, fax lore. Example Citation: As to why this legend has taken on a life of its own despite persistent and detailed debunkings, it s… … New words
Telephones — attack fax black fax blast fax boiler room call laundering cold transfer compunications cramming … New words
techno-strike — (TEK.noh stryk) n. A labour action in which union members and supporters inundate a company with e mail messages, faxes, and Web site hits in an effort to shut down the electronic portion of the company s business. Example Citation: A 21st… … New words
