slashdot effect
An effect where a document on a {WWW} {server} is
linked to from another, popular, site, with the resultant
traffic overloading the server so that a connection cannot be
made to it. This is especially likely if the server is
running {Microsoft IIS}.
The term was coined by readers of the {Unix} advocacy {web
site} {slashdot.org (http://slashdot.org/)}.
(1998-10-24)