Definition of "unicast" []

• Being the transmission of messages to a single destination host on a packet switching network. (adjective)
• To transmit in this manner. (verb)

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• "This ability to make multiple copies of a packet is called multicast, and it occupies territory between broadcasts, which go to everyone, and regular communications called unicast, which go to only one recipient."
• "Broadcast network: one to all - Multicast network: one to many - Point-to-point (also called unicast) network: one to one 12"
• "This mechanism is known as unicast flood protection."