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In telecommunication
Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the assisted Transmission of Signal over a distance for the purpose of communication. In earlier times, this may have involved the use of smoke signals, Drum , Semaphore line, flag signals or heliograph....
, the term collision has the following meanings:






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In telecommunication
Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the assisted Transmission of Signal over a distance for the purpose of communication. In earlier times, this may have involved the use of smoke signals, Drum , Semaphore line, flag signals or heliograph....
, the term collision has the following meanings:
  1. In a data
    DATA

    Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa is a multinational Non-governmental organization founded in January 2002 in London by U2's Bono along with Robert Sargent Shriver III and activists from the Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt campaign....
     transmission system
    Transmission system

    In telecommunications a transmission system is a system that transmits a signal from one place to another. The signal can be an electrical, optical or radio signal....
    , the situation that occurs when two or more demands are made simultaneously on equipment that can handle only one at any given instant.
  2. In a computer
    Computer

    A computer is a machine that manipulates Data according to a list of Code .The first devices that resemble modern computers date to the mid-20th century , although the computer concept and various machines similar to computers existed earlier....
    , the situation that occurs when an attempt is made to store simultaneously two different data items at a given memory address
    Memory address

    In computer science, a memory address is an identifier for a computer memory location, at which a computer program or a hardware device can store a piece of data and later retrieve it....
     that can hold only one of the items.


Source: from Federal Standard 1037C
Federal Standard 1037C

Federal Standard 1037C, entitled Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms is a United States Federal Standard, issued by the General Services Administration pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended....
 and from MIL-STD-188
MIL-STD-188

MIL-STD-188 is a series of U.S. military standards relating to telecommunications....


See also

  • Carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
    Carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance

    In computer networking, CSMA/CA belongs to a class of protocols called multiple access methods. CSMA/CA stands for: Carrier Sense Multiple Access With Collision Avoidance....
    , CSMA-CA
  • Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
    Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection

    Carrier Sense Multiple Access With Collision Detection , in computer networking, is a network control communications protocol in which*a Carrier wave sensing scheme is used....
    , CSMA-CD
  • Late collision
    Late collision

    Late Collision is a type of collision found in the Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection protocol standard. If a collision error occurs after the first 512 bit times of data are transmitted by the transmitting station, a late collision is said to have occurred....
  • Collision domain
    Collision domain

    A collision domain is a physical network segment where data packets can "collide" with one another for being sent on a shared medium, in particular in the Ethernet networking protocol....


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