pointcast

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verb

To transmit targeted information to a single person

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Meanings

verbpointcast (third-person singular simple present pointcasts, present participle pointcasting, simple past and past participle pointcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) pointcasted)

present singular third person pointcasts · participle present pointcasting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes pointcasted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes pointcasted

  1. InternetTo transmit targeted information to a single person

    Google asserts that if the broadcast server can itself pointcast to receivers, then there is no need for receivers to filter broadcasts.

    2015, Judge Rodney Gilstrap, Claim Construction Order, SimpleAir, Inc. v. Google Inc.

Origin

From point + -cast, from broadcast.

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APA

pointcast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pointcast

MLA

“pointcast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pointcast. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pointcast,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pointcast.

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