MULTICAST

Etymology

multiple broadcast

Adjective

multicast (not comparable)

(programming, of a delegate) Having multiple targets, such that a call to the delegate triggers a call to each target.

Antonyms

• singlecast

• unicast

Noun

multicast (plural multicasts)

(computing) The simultaneous transmission of data to several destinations on a network.

Source: Wiktionary



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