multicast
One-to-many sending
Multicast is a method of network communication where data is sent simultaneously from one source to multiple specific recipients, rather than to a single destination (unicast) or to everyone on a network (broadcast).
It's efficient for applications like streaming video, online gaming, or software updates where the same content needs to reach many users at once.
The live concert was multicast to subscribers across the region.
As a verb, to multicast is to transmit data using this method.
Connectionless transmission standard
- packetSmall sealed container
- streamSteady continuous flow
- groupAssembled collection of things
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
router · network · subscriber · transmission · bandwidth · IP · datagram · join
UDP
Connectionless transmission standard
protocol · router · network · subscriber · transmission · bandwidth · IP · datagram · join · leave
streaming
Real-time digital delivery
channel · content · delivery · audience · simulcast · webcast · conference · distribution · viewers · real-time
C#
Microsoft programming language
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- handlerOne who manages something
- eventA notable occurrence
callback · subscriber · publisher · chain · invoke · method · signature · combine · remove · target
- packet switchingswitching, lookup table, encapsulation, unicast
- broadcastingbroadcasting, TV, radio, television, news
- networksnetwork traffic, network security, MAN, PAN, cloud computing
- broadcastair, beam, emit, radiate, relay
- transmissionbroadcasting, transmitter, relay, signal, transmission tower
- network termshub, node, mesh, ring, grid
multicastunicast
Single-destination network transmission
point-to-point · one-to-one · broadcast · peer-to-peer · narrowcast