Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unicast

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables: uni-cast
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being the transmission of messages to a single destination host on a packet switching network.

adj

Synonym of singlecast.

verb

To transmit in this manner.

Example Sentences

"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.

Inflected Forms

unicasts (present, singular) unicasting (participle, present) unicasted (common, error unknown tag)

Frequently Paired Words

anycast broadcast multicast

Synonyms

singlecast

Questions

What does unicast mean?: Being the transmission of messages to a single destination host on a packet switching network.
Where does unicast come from?: From uni- + broadcast.

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