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multicasting
multicasting A limited form of broadcasting where a network supports the sending of PACKETS to a subset of the computers on the network. Networks which support this form of data transmission organize the computers in the network into MULTICAST GROUPS which can all be addressed together and to which multicasting data can be sent.
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DARREL INCE. "multicasting." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DARREL INCE. "multicasting." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-multicasting.html DARREL INCE. "multicasting." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-multicasting.html |
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multicasting
multicasting A transmission system in which messages are directed to a particular group of nodes on a network. It is thus intermediate between a transmission directed to a single address and one directed to all the addresses on a network (see broadcasting).
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JOHN DAINTITH. "multicasting." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "multicasting." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-multicasting.html JOHN DAINTITH. "multicasting." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-multicasting.html |
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