Access method in which network devices compete for permission to access the physical medium. Contrast with circuit switching and token passing.
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1) Unresolved contention for the use of a resource. 2) In APPN, when two elements of a process each wait for action by or a response from the other before they resume the process.
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Switching system in which a dedicated physical circuit path must exist between sender and receiver for the duration of the "call." Used heavily in the telephone company network. Circuit switching can be contrasted with contention and token passing as a channel-access method, and with message switching and packet switching as a switching technique.
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