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Definition: Internet blackout


(1) An outage on the Internet caused by an attack on a website, ISP or the Internet's domain naming system (DNS).

(2) An outage on the Internet due to an improper configuration of the Web server infrastructure.

(3) An organized outage on the Internet to make a protest. See Internet piracy.