collision detection
Definitions
Computing
- noun the detecting and reporting of the coincidence of two actions or events
Electronics
- Any mechanism employed to detect collisions (1).
- In robotics, mechanisms utilized to detect collisions (2). For instance, the use of contact sensors.
- The mechanisms by which networks, such as Ethernet, detect collisions (3).
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