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📡 A group transmission 📡 To send to many 🌐 For many receivers
to multicast

to multicast

5.9
To send the same data from one computer to many computers at once
  • verb
  • /ˈmʌltiˌkæst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : multidifundir
  • Engineers set up the system to multicast video feeds to every classroom in the building.

Examples

  • The server multicasts data to multiple devices.

  • The new software allows us to multicast our video stream to thousands of viewers at once.

  • The company will multicast the training session to all its branch offices simultaneously.

  • To reduce network traffic, the application can multicast updates to multiple users at once.

  • We should multicast the video to all users.

  • Companies can use the internet to multicast live events, reaching multiple audiences simultaneously.

  • With this technology, educators are able to multicast lessons to numerous classrooms across the country.

Synonyms

to send
vsto multicast
602 3.2

Show a program to many people on radio or television

operates over computer networks to deliver data to many recipients at once

How Many

to broadcast
81 3.0
to multicast
  • Specialized
5.9

Surface Forms

multicast infinitive
multicast past
multicast past participle
multicasting present participle
multicasts third person singular

Morphology

multicast = cast (semi-transparent) = multi + cast

The prefix clearly means 'many', but the use of 'cast' in the networking sense is metaphorical and not fully obvious to a learner.

Etymology

Multicast is formed from multi- 'many' and cast 'to send', like the verb in broadcast. So to multicast is to send the same data to many recipients at the same time.