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flashcrowd

flashcrowd noun: the large number of people brought by the sudden increase in popularity of an Internet site or resource due to an event or link from another site.

Noun

flashcrowd (plural flashcrowds)

  1. The large number of people brought by the sudden increase in popularity of an Internet site or resource due to an event or link from another site.
    • We now focus on the system's reaction to the sudden popularity of a single (new) file. This phenomenon is also called the flashcrowd effect.2004 December 18, Johan Pouwelse, “The BitTorrent P2P file-sharing system”, in The Register

Forms of flashcrowd

pluralflashcrowds
alternative formflash crowd

Origin of flashcrowd

From flash + crowd.

Questions about flashcrowd

What does flashcrowd mean?
Flashcrowd means the large number of people brought by the sudden increase in popularity of an Internet site or resource due to an event or link from another site.
What part of speech is flashcrowd?
Flashcrowd is a noun.
What is the plural of flashcrowd?
The plural of flashcrowd is flashcrowds.

Words near flashcrowd in the dictionary

  1. flashcard
  2. flashcards
  3. flashcart
  4. flashcarts
  5. flashcore
  6. flashcrowd
  7. flashcrowds
  8. flashcube
  9. flashcubes
  10. flashdamp
  11. flashdisk

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