A collision is the situation that occurs when two or more demands are made simultaneously on equipment that can handle only one at any given instant.
[Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188] It may refer to:
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Collision domain, a physical network segment where data packets can "collide"
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Carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance, (CSMA/CA) used for example with wireless LANs
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Carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection, (CSMA/CD) used with Ethernet
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Late collision, a specific type of collision that should not occur on properly operating networks
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Local collision is a collision that occurs in the network interface rather than on the network itself
See also
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Collision (disambiguation)
A collision is an isolated event in which two or more bodies exert relatively strong forces on each other for a relatively short time.
Collision may also refer to:
Films
* ''Collision'' (1932 film), a 1932 British crime film
* ''Collision'' ...
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Contention (telecommunications)
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Telecommunications engineering