collision

n 1: an event in which two or more bodies come together [syn: {hit}]

2: the act of colliding with something [syn: {crash}, {smash}]

3: an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving

object; "three passengers were killed in the collision";

"the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil

spill"

collision

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}.

(1995-01-06)