Deferral

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deferral
       n 1: a state of abeyance or suspended business [syn: {recess}]
       2: act of putting off to a future time [syn: {postponement}, {deferment}]

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



  deferral
       
          Waiting for quiet on the {Ethernet}.