A flood may refer to any of the following:
When referring to computers, networks, software, a flood is any information or data overflow that causes other users grief or causes other computers, hardware, or software to fail. For example, with a Denial of Service (DoS) attack, millions of invalid packets are sent to a network or server, causing it to slow down or fail.
Flood is another name for chat or forum spam.
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Computer slang, DOS, Network terms, Packet monkey, Security terms, Spam