multicasting

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounmulticasting (countable and uncountable, plural multicastings)

plural multicastings

  1. countableuncountablecomputingThe simultaneous transmission of data to several destinations on a network.

    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

Origin

Blend of multiple + broadcasting.

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APA

multicasting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multicasting

MLA

“multicasting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multicasting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multicasting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multicasting.

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