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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pointcast en · VERB

Etymology

From point + -cast, from broadcast.

Meanings

  1. (Internet) To 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.:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pointcasting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pointcast Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pointcast Tense=Past lexicographic
pointcasts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
pointcasted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes lexicographic
pointcasted Tense=Past common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes lexicographic

Relateds

broadcast · multicast · unicast · pointcasting · narrowcast · anycast