Definitions

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  • v. To render a web site slow or unusable via the unusually large number of page requests that result from a link on a very popular web site.

Etymologies

From the popular geek news site Slashdot (http://slashdot.org). (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • Not that you can't have a huge community without that rule ... slashdot is the perfect example.

    Being friendly online

  • The X-43a supersonic test vehicle powered by a scramjet will attempt mach 10 (which according to slashdot is like 2 miles a second).

    July 2004

  • All it took for Google to listen and change the TOS was an article in slashdot.

    Web Teacher › Terms of Service

  • Mark Russinovich has an enlightening blog entry called slashdot: Individual personalized tech support?

    freshnews.org - most clicked links

  • I don't run linux, but I frequent slashdot, which is full of linux users and linux advocates, and while a handful of slashdotters dismissed this info because the ebay guy was speaking at a Microsoft-sponsored event, by and large, most slashdotters agreed with the info:

    OSNews

  • Source download (openbrain source package) send to a friend subscription other apps from hallowname slashdot it digg it del. icio.us

    KDE-Apps.org Content

  • (OpenSuse 11.1 RPM KDE4_Factory_Desktop (0.0.2.5)) send to a friend subscription other apps from hallowname slashdot it digg it del. icio.us

    KDE-Apps.org Content

  • (Link to item on my site (. zip)) send to a friend subscription other artwork from Oversword slashdot it digg it del. icio.us goto page: prev

    GNOME-Look.org Content

  • Mandriva download (RPMs for Mandriva 2007) send to a friend subscription other apps from freitag slashdot it digg it del. icio.us goto page: prev

    KDE-Apps.org Content

  • This website is easily findable by its unique keyword that identifies the topic (similar to searching for "slashdot", you won't find any cooking websites or shopping, only tech stuff).

    Medlogs - Recent stories

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