found: Work cat.: Raghavan, P. Stochastic contention resolution with short delays, 1995:p. 1 (The subject of this paper is the stochastic analysis of protocols for contention resolution)
found: Dictionary of computer science, engineering, and technology, 2001(Contention protocol -- class of a multiple access protocol where the user's transmissions are allowed to conflict when accessing the communication channel. The conflict is then resolved through the use of a static or dynamic conflict resolution protocol)
found: Webopedia, via WWW, Mar. 3, 2006(contention -- type of network protocol that allows nodes to contend for network access. That is, two or more nodes may try to send messages across the network simultaneously. The contention protocol defines what happens when this occurs)
found: Al-Ammal, H.M. Stability and performance of contention resolution protocols, via WWW, Mar. 3, 2006:p. 1 (Consider the problem of sharing a single resource by a distributed set of users. These users have no way of communicating or coordinating their attempts to use this resource ... A solution to this problem may be obtained by creating a set of rules that allow the users to share the resource efficiently and with a minimum number of failed attempts ... This set of rules is called a contention resolution protocol ... [C]ontention resolution protocols have found many ... applications ranging from the Internet to parallel optical computing)
found: Google search, Mar. 3, 2006(contention resolution protocols -- 9,890 hits; contention protocols -- 845 hits; conflict resolution protocols -- 303 hits)
found: ACM portal, via WWW, Mar. 6, 2006(article: Universal stability results for greedy contention-resolution protocols; keyword: greedy contention-resolution protocols)
found: Answers.com, via WWW, Mar. 6, 2006(contention resolution: Deciding which device gains access to a resource first when more than one wants it at the same time)
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