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Meaning of COLLISION

Pronunciation:  ku'lizhun

Matching Terms:  collision course, collision detection, collision frequency, collision theory

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 Definition: 

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

See collision detection.

2. hash collision.

 
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