Contention

Contention or contentious may refer to: Contention (telecommunications), a media access method to share a broadcast medium Contention, Oregon, U.S., later known as Twickenham Contention City, Arizona, U.S., a ghost town Bus contention, an undesirable state in computer design FV4401 Contentious, a prototype British tank destroyer Resource contention, in computer science, a conflict over access to a shared resource