Usually means: Identifying intersections between objects, surfaces.
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  1. collision detection: Wiktionary
  2. collision detection: Dictionary.com
  3. Collision detection: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. collision detection: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Collision Detection, Collision Detection: Game Dictionary
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  6. collision detection: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (collision detection)

noun:  (computing, chiefly video games) The process or mechanism of determining whether two shapes are partially occupying the same space.
noun:  (networking) A mechanism in Ethernet to detect when two computers are sending frames at the same time, and also to deal with such collisions when they happen.

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