deferral

2 definitions found

deferral - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  deferral
      n 1: a state of abeyance or suspended business [syn: deferral,
           recess]
      2: act of putting off to a future time [syn: postponement,
         deferment, deferral]

deferral - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  deferral
  
     Waiting for quiet on the Ethernet.