What Floods a Web Site with So Many Requests for Service

question 137

Multiple Choice

What floods a Web site with so many requests for service that it slows down or crashes the site?

• A) Computer virus
• B) Worm
• C) Denial-of-service attack
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

Debt-equity Ratio

A gauge of a company's use of borrowing relative to the equity provided by its shareholders, determined by dividing liabilities by shareholders' equity.

Plowback Ratio

The proportion of earnings that a company reinvests in its business rather than distributing to shareholders.

Debt-equity Ratio

A ratio illustrating the division of asset financing between shareholder equity and company debt.