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On [this
page](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%B9%E3%81%8D%E4%B9%97%E6%89%93%E5%88%87%E3%82%8A%E5%BE%85%E6%A9%9F%E6%B3%95),
different readings are give in different dictionaries for べき乗打切り待機法: べき **のり**
うちきりたいきほう in JMDict and ベキ **ジョウ** ウチキリタイキホウ in コンピューター用語辞典. The English
translation given in both dictionaries are the same: "truncated binary
exponential back-off".

Which of these readings is correct? Or, if they are both correct, can they be
used interchangeably?

I know the べき乗 for exponent is read as べきじょう. Where does the reading べきのり come
from?

Note: I don't actually use the word, nor do I understand its exact meaning. I
saw it on [this answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/699/903). I know
べき乗 is read as べきじょう, which means exponential, so I thought the reading in the
answer was wrong. I tried to find out what it actually means, but search
results from the internet are mostly dictionary results. Most of the readings
given are べき **のり** うちきりたいきほう.
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What is the correct reading for べき乗打切り待機法?
[冪乗](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E5%86%AA%E4%B9%97&stype=1&dtype=0)
(“power” or “powering” in mathematics; often written as べき乗 because “冪” is not
a 常用漢字) is read as べきじょう. Reading it as べきのり is wrong. Moreover, translating
“truncated binary exponential back-off” as べき乗打切り待機法 is also incorrect (where
did “binary” go?).

I think that “exponential back-off” is usually translated as 指数バックオフ or
指数的バックオフ. I do not know a standard translation of “truncated binary
exponential back-off.”

> Where does the reading べきのり come from?

JMDict contains many errors. This is just one of them. And an error in a
“dictionary” spreads out quickly because many pages are automatically
generated from the underlying data of JMDict.
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