Contention or contentious may refer to:
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Resource contention
In computer science, resource contention is a conflict over access to a shared resource such as random access memory, disk storage, cache memory, internal bus (computing), buses or external network devices. A resource experiencing ongoing conten ...
, in computer science, a conflict over access to a shared resource
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Contention (telecommunications)
In statistical time division multiplexing, contention is a media access method that is used to share a broadcast medium. In contention, any computer in the network can transmit data at any time (first come-first served).
This system breaks down ...
, a media access method to share a broadcast medium
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Bus contention
Bus contention is an undesirable state in computer design where more than one device on a bus attempts to place values on it at the same time.
Bus contention is the kind of telecommunication contention that occurs when all communicating dev ...
, an undesirable state in computer design
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Contention City, Arizona
Contention City or Contention is a ghost mining town in Cochise County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. It was occupied from the early-1880s through the late-1880s in what was then known as the Arizona Territory. Only a few ...
, U.S., a ghost town
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Contention, Oregon
Twickenham is an unincorporated community in Wheeler County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located along the John Day River between Service Creek and Mitchell, Oregon. A bridge at Twickenham carries North Twickenham Road over the river.
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, U.S., later known as Twickenham
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FV4401 Contentious, a prototype British tank destroyer
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Argument
An argument is a statement or group of statements called premises intended to determine the degree of truth or acceptability of another statement called conclusion. Arguments can be studied from three main perspectives: the logical, the dialect ...
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Controversy
Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of conflicting opinion or point of view. The word was coined from the Latin ''controversia'', as a composite of ''controversus'' – "turned in an opposite d ...
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Contention ratio
In computer networking, the contention ratio is the ratio of the potential maximum demand to the actual bandwidth. The higher the contention ratio, the greater the number of users that may be trying to use the actual bandwidth at any one time and, ...
, in computer networking
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Contentious jurisdiction
In English ecclesiastical law, contentious jurisdiction (Latin: ''forum contentiosum'') is jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to ''voluntary'' jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or c ...
, in English ecclesiastical law
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Contentious politics
Contentious politics is the use of disruptive techniques to make a political point, or to change government policy. Examples of such techniques are actions that disturb the normal activities of society such as demonstrations, general strike action ...
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