Unicast

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To transmit in this manner.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Being the transmission of messages to a single destination host on a packet switching network. not-comparable

    "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."

  2. 2
    Synonym of singlecast. not-comparable

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From uni- + broadcast.

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