anycast

Questions

What does anycast mean?

A network addressing and routing scheme whereby data is routed to the nearest or best destination as viewed by the routing topology.

Where does anycast come from?

From any + -cast, from broadcast. Compare unicast, multicast.

How to pronounce anycast

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