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

multicast

2 5.3
A way of sending the same data from one computer to many computers at once
  • noun
  • /ˈmʌltiˌkæst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : multidifusión
  • After starting a multicast task, status can be viewed by clicking on Ctrl+Alt+F2.

Examples

  • A log is also kept for multicast transfers, which is stored at /opt/fog/log.

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  • To perform a multicast image send, you must search for a group of hosts on the "Task Management" page.

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  • Is this the only way to perform the multicast?

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  • In Tomato, you can set a "Multicast Rate."

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  • Multicast tasks can only be performed on a group of hosts.

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  • Multicast transmission is available as well for reducing traffic on a LAN.

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  • End result: IP multicast running across a VXLAN segment will be delivered to all VMs in the same segment.

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  • Any peer can publish data by sending it to a subject at a multicast address, and any system can receive it by subscribing to the subject's multicast address.

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  • I found it hard to filter multicast from the WLAN, and was surprised there wasn't a simple checkbox to disable multicast from the WiFi.

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  • The conference used multicast to stream the presentation to everyone in different locations simultaneously.

Synonyms

multicasting
vsmulticast
  • Specialized
1 4.5

Sending information to many people at the same time over a computer network

is the named method for sending data to many receivers at once

How Many

to broadcast
  • Literature
178 2.1
multicast
  • Specialized
2 5.3
unsent
5.3

Surface Forms

multicast singular
multicasts plural

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 comes from multi- meaning 'many' and cast meaning 'to send' or 'throw', similar to broadcast. So a multicast (noun) is a method that delivers one message to many receivers at once.