demon dialing
The use of a computer to dial a number repeatedly in an attempt to gain access…The use of a computer to dial a number repeatedly (usually to a crowded modem pool) in an attempt to gain access immediately after another user has hung up.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The use of a computer to dial a number repeatedly (usually to a crowded modem pool) in an attempt to gain access immediately after another user has hung up.
Origin
From the Demon Dialer product from Zoom Telephonics, Inc., a telephone device produced inFrom the Demon Dialer product from Zoom Telephonics, Inc., a telephone device produced in the 1980s which repeatedly dialed busy telephone numbers under control of an extension phone.
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedwar-dial
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable