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unicast en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From uni- + broadcast.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Being the transmission of messages to a single destination host on a packet switching network.
    • In this paper, we describe a model of multicast service we call host groups and propose this model as a way to support multicast in the DARPA Internet environment [14]. We argue that it is feasible to implement this facility as an extension of the existing "unicast" IP datagram model and mechanism. 1985 December 14, S. E. Deering, D. R. Cheriton, “Host Groups: A Multicast Extension to the Internet Protocol”, in Internet Engineering Task Force Request for Comments number 966, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2001:
  2. (not-comparable) Synonym of singlecast.

Synonyms

singlecast

unicast en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From uni- + broadcast.

Meanings

  1. To transmit in this manner.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unicasting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unicasts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unicasted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes lexicographic
unicasted Tense=Past common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes lexicographic
unicast Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unicast Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

broadcast · multicast · anycast