operation of a non-linear amplifier with an input signal level less than that which provides the maximum output signal power, corresponding to saturation, in order to reduce the proportion of harmonics and intermodulation products accompanying the output signal Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=725-14-05
The (usually random) retransmission delay enforced by contentious MAC protocols after a network node with data to transmit determines that the physical medium is already in use. Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22803