Usually means: Overwhelming server with TCP requests.
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  1. synflood: Wiktionary
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  1. synflood: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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Definitions from Wiktionary (synflood)

noun:  (Internet) A denial-of-service attack in which the attacker sends a succession of SYN (synchronization) requests to the target system in an attempt to consume its resources and make the system unresponsive to legitimate traffic.
verb:  (Internet) To carry out an attack of this kind.

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