collision [ relation ]
AI–generated Summary
A situation where two or more identifiers in a namespace or scope cannot be resolved unambiguously.
Definition
In cryptography and identity collision generally refers to something going wrong because an identical result has been produced but it refers to - or points to - different sources or assets backing this result.
E.g. two hashes collide, meaning two different digital sources produce the same hash. Another example is name(space) collision.
Naming collision
A circumstance where two or more identifiers in a given namespace+ or a given scope cannot be unambiguously resolved. Source Wikipedia