multicast meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

multicast

noun

Etymology Blend of multiple + broadcast.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Networking, Physical sciences, Sciences The simultaneous transmission of data to several destinations on a network.

multicast address
On an LAN, each host's network interface monitors the LAN and accepts packets addressed to the multicast address that defines the host group to which the packets belong. Unlike broadcasting, multicasting allows each host to choose whether it wants to accept multicast packets.2009, Robert Rümmler, Alexander Daniel Gluhak, Hamid Aghvami, Multicast in Third-Generation Mobile Networks: Services, Mechanisms and Performance, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 14:

Derived terms: multicasted, multicasting, nonmulticast

multicast

adj

Etymology Blend of multiple + broadcast.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences Of a delegate Having multiple targets, such that a call to the delegate triggers a call to each target.

The result is a new multicast delegate that invokes both of the original implementing methods.2005, Jesse Liberty, Programming C#: Building .NET Applications with C#:

Related terms: singlecast, unicast