retransmitting

Sending out again

Retransmitting is sending something again after it has already been transmitted once.

The term appears most often in broadcasting and telecommunications: a station retransmitting a signal to extend its reach, or a computer retransmitting data packets that failed to arrive.

The satellite was retransmitting the signal to remote areas.

data

resend

Transmit a second time

  • packetSmall sealed container
  • protocolPrescribed conduct rules
  • TCPConnection-oriented network protocol

acknowledgment · timeout · buffer · handshake · checksum · routing · forwarding · redundancy · latency · retry

repetition

resend

Transmit a second time

repost · forward · disseminate · propagate · relay · repeat · duplicate · replicate · reproduce · rebroadcast

broadcast

rebroadcast

Transmit again after initial airing

telecast · streaming · uplink · downlink · satellite · antenna · wireless · network · telecommunication · frequency

echo

sonar

Underwater detection by echoes

bounce · pulse · ultrasound · transponder · beacon · acoustic · soundwave · receiver · transducer · detection

Opposites
signal origin

retransmittingoriginating

Coming into existence

generating · creating · initiating · sourcing · authoring

signal flow direction

retransmittingreceiving

Acquiring what's sent

capturing · listening · intercepting · absorbing · picking up

communication activity

retransmittingblocking

Impeding forward progress

suppressing · jamming · withholding · stopping · filtering

Family

translate, transmit, transmission, transaction, transmitted, transmitter, transmitting, transmits, transmissible

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