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broadcast
[′brȯd‚kast] (communications)
A television, radio, or data transmission intended for public reception.
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broadcast
A transmission of information relating to air navigation that is not addressed to a specific station or stations (ICAO). No acknowledgment is expected from the recipient of such broadcasts. See also blind transmission .
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broadcast
A transmission to multiple, unspecified recipients. On
Ethernet, a broadcast packet is a special type of multicast
packet which all nodes on the network are always willing to
receive.
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