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collision [n]

1)	(physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"

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hit

2)	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"

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accident clash fender-bender pileup smash

3)	a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests"

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conflict clash

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

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)

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