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3 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aloha n : an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian; ciao is Italian) [syn: {ciao}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Aloha, OR (CDP, FIPS 1650) Location: 45.49206 N, 122.87176 W Population (1990): 34284 (11747 housing units) Area: 19.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97006, 97007 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Aloha(From the Hawaiian greeting) A system of {contention resolution} devised at The {University of Hawaii}. {Packets} are {broadcast} when ready, the sender listens to see if they collide and if so re-transmits after a random time. {Slotted Aloha} constrains packets to start at the beginning of a time slot. Basic Aloha is appropriate to long propagation time nets (e.g. satellite). For shorter propagation times, {carrier sense} {protocols} are possible. (1995-12-10)
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