multicast

multicast

English

Etymology

multiple broadcast

Pronunciation

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Adjective

multicast (not comparable)

1. (programming, of a delegate) Having multiple targets, such that a call to the delegate triggers a call to each target.
   • 2005, Jesse Liberty, Programming C#: Building .NET Applications with C#

     The result is a new multicast delegate that invokes both of the original implementing methods.

Antonyms

• singlecast
• unicast

Noun

multicast (plural multicasts)

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

Derived terms

• nonmulticast