Collision (telecommunications)
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In telecommunication, the term collision has the following meanings:
- In a data transmission system, the situation that occurs when two or more demands are made simultaneously on equipment that can handle only one at any given instant.
- In a computer, the situation that occurs when an attempt is made to store simultaneously two different data items at a given memory address that can hold only one of the items.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
[edit] See also
- Carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance, CSMA-CA
- Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection, CSMA-CD
- Late collision
- Collision domain
