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Revision as of 10:17, 20 May 2002 by 217.162.214.9 (talk) (*</b>)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)In telecommunication, the term collision has the following meanings:
1. In a data transmission system, 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, the situation that occurs when an attempt is made to store simultaneously two different data items at a given address that can hold only one of the items.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188