##  [Name Collision](/name-collision) 

  ##  [Name Collision](https://information.quantumdictionary.io/name-collision-0) 

  

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**Information & Communication Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

A situation in bibliographic or administrative data where two or more distinct persons or entities share identical or indistinguishable name strings, producing ambiguity, conflation, or misattribution in records and discovery systems.