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Byzantine attacks

Byzantine attacks is the plural of Byzantine attack.

Meaning of Byzantine attack

Noun

Byzantine attack (plural Byzantine attacks)

  1. (computer security) A type of attack involving multiple nodes collaborating to disrupt the network.
    • Finally, the Byzantine attack raises the problem of reaching a consensus among nodes when an unknown number of them maybe traitors.2005, Jie Wu, Handbook on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless, and Peer-to-Peer Networks, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 835

Questions about Byzantine attacks

What is Byzantine attacks the plural of?
Byzantine attacks is the plural of Byzantine attack.

Words near Byzantine attacks in the dictionary

  1. Byzantian
  2. Byzantians
  3. byzantievite
  4. byzantine
  5. Byzantine attack
  6. Byzantine attacks
  7. Byzantine Empire
  8. Byzantine fault tolerance
  9. Byzantine fault tolerances
  10. Byzantine fire
  11. Byzantine Greek

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