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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

contention ratio

Contention is a term used in data communications to refer to a service or device that is shared between more than one user, for example, a connection to an internet service provider might be shared between a number of users. In general, the higher the contention ratio the slower is the rate of data transmission.

Related terms
internet service provider (ISP)data transmissionnetworklocal area network (LAN) (1)wireless local area networkcommunications software
Term sub categories
Networks and communications technology › data transmission
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