collision

<networking>

1. When two hosts transmit on a network at once causing their packets to corrupt each other.

See collision detection.

<programming>

2. hash collision.

Last updated: 1995-01-06

Nearby terms:

COLD-K ♦ COLINGO ♦ collision ♦ collision detection ♦ collocation ♦ co-location

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