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collision

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See CSMA/CD and collision avoidance system.

1.(networking)collision - When two hosts transmit on a network at once causing their packets to corrupt each other.

See collision detection.
2.(programming)collision - hash collision.
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But I have more influence than any body else over Blanche and I can prevent the collision between them which Sir Patrick dreads.
Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context
We were not waylaid by robbers, we fed and slept unchallenged at inns, we escaped collision with the police, and we encountered no bodily dangers of any kind; yet should I not call the journey uneventful, nor indeed, I think, would Nicolete.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
Stent and Ogilvy, anticipating some possibilities of a collision, had telegraphed from Horsell to the barracks as soon as the Martians emerged, for the help of a company of soldiers to protect these strange creatures from violence.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
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