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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  backoff
       
           A {host} which has experienced a {collision} on a
          {network} waits for a amount of time before attempting to
          retransmit.  A random backoff minimises the probability that
          the same nodes will collide again, even if they are using the


          same backoff algorithm.  Increasing the backoff period after
          each collision also helps to prevent repeated collisions,
          especially when the network is heavily loaded.
       
          An example algorithm is {binary exponential backoff}.
       
          (1996-05-28)
       
       

















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