backoff
<networking> 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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