non-deterministic

1. Non-predictive. Referring to the inability to objectively predict an outcome or

result of a process due to lack of knowledge of a cause and effect relationship or the inability to know initial conditions. 2. In telecommunications switching and routing, the unpredictability of a path between nodes. See also node, path, route, and switch. 3. In local area networks (LANs) a contentious medium access control (MAC) technique that does not allow a node to predict when it will be allowed to gain access to the network. Carrier sense multiple access (CSMA), which is used in 802.3 Ethernets, is non-deterministic.

See also 802.3, CSMA, deterministic, LAN, MAC, and node.

• OXC (Optical CROSS-Connect)
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• PABX (Private Automatic Branch eXchange)
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• packet assembler/disassembler (PAD)
• packet-filtering firewall
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