contention

1 a point asserted as part of an argument

2 a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" [syn: controversy, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing]

3 the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place" [syn: competition, rivalry] [ant: cooperation]

English

Pronunciation

• /kənˈtɛntʃən/

Noun

1. struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate
2. grievance, objection
   • It Is My Contention That State Lotteries Are Taxes On Stupid People.

Translations

Contention may refer to:

• The main contention, in rhetoric, the main point being argued.
• Resource contention, a general concept in communications and computing, is competition by users of a system for the facility at the same time:
  • Contention, in telecommunications, a condition where two or more stations attempt to transmit at the same time over a shared channel.
  • The contention ratio, in computer networking, competition that applies specifically to the number of people connected to an ISP who share a set amount of bandwidth.
  • Lock contention, in computer science, where a mutual exclusion lock reduces the throughput by hindering the concurrency of a program.
  • Bus contention, in computer design, where multiple devices on a computer bus attempt to use it at the same time.

Contention may also refer to:

• Contention, Arizona, a ghost town in Cochise County in southeast Arizona.

See also

• Oversubscription

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