Contention or contentious may refer to: *

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 buses or external network devices. A resource experiencing ongoing contention can be des ...

, in computer science, a conflict over access to a shared resource *

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 *

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 devi ...

, an undesirable state in computer design *

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 * Contention, Oregon, U.S., later known as Twickenham * FV4401 Contentious, a prototype British tank destroyer

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