teardrop Definition
tear·drop (tir′dräp′)
noun
a tear
adjective
shaped like a falling tear
Teardrop Hacker Definition
In a teardrop attack, the crackers IP puts an odd and confusing offset value in the second fragment or in a fragment thereafter. If the operating system under attack does not have a counter-plan for this kind of scenario, the system can be caused to crash.
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 criminalized unauthorized access to data stored on government computer systems, the closest law at that time that the United States had for curbing DoS attacks. The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice is currently allowing people to file online reports at http://www.cybercrime.gov when their computers are hit with DoS attacks.
See Also: Denial of Service (DoS); Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS); Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986; Fragmentation; Internet Protocol (IP); Packet.
teardrop Usage Examples
Preposition: of
light: Get trippy with this ingenious little teardrop of light.
Converse of object
- shape: Tennessee Teardrops Hot teardrop shaped chillis, green to yellow to red, 40cm plant.
- have: It has the same teardrop shaped pouch outline to actively encourage matter to fall to the bottom of the pouch.
- become: Truth has become a teardrop in a thunderstorm of propaganda, and unless we act soon, the thunderstorm will drown us all.
Adjective modifier
- ingenious: Get trippy with this ingenious little teardrop of light.
- little: Get trippy with this ingenious little teardrop of light.
- big: The giant monkey walked away with big teardrops in its eyes, bowing low many times in apology, never to be seen again.
- small: The body consists of two very small teardrops of red dyed epoxy, with a red game hackle wound between them.
- large: There were fairly large purple teardrops on a white background.
Modifies a noun
- shape: An inverted teardrop shape, with the flowers drawn down toward a point.
- fractals: Teardrop fractals are derivable from cyclically symmetric fractals with a central element.
- canopy: Although originally a " low back " teardrop canopy configuration, it has been restored as a " traditional " high back form.
- cluster: This windscreen plunges down to the bonnet meeting the wide grille with the Citroen emblem firmly embalmed which those lovely teardrop light clusters flank.
- light: This windscreen plunges down to the bonnet meeting the wide grille with the Citroen emblem firmly embalmed which those lovely teardrop light clusters flank.
- design: The teardrop design comes in two sizes and many colors, and are smart and sophisticated.
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