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Collision (telecommunications)
A
collision
is the
situation
that occurs when two or more demands are made
simultaneously
on equipment that can
handle
only one at any given instant. It may
refer
to:
Collision domain
, a
physical
network segment
where
data packets
can "collide"
*
Carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance
, used for example with wireless
LANs
*
Carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection
, used with
Ethernet
Late collision
, a specific
type
of collision that shouldn't occur on properly
operating
networks
Local collision
is a collision that occurs in the
network interface
rather than on the
network
itself