Noun
multicasting (countable and uncountable, plural multicastings)
(networking) The simultaneous transmission of data to several destinations on a network.
RFC 1112, Host extensions for IP multicasting, S. Deering (August 1989) IPv6 multicast addressing shares common features and protocols with IPv4 multicast, but also provides changes and improvements by eliminating the need for certain protocols. Source: Internet
Digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) is a method of multicasting content to mobile and portable devices, such as cell phones, by or terrestrial services, or a combination of the two. Source: Internet
The following table is a list of notable well-known IPv4 addresses that are reserved for IP multicasting and that are registered with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Source: Internet
The cluster heartbeat on PowerHA SystemMirror V7 clusters uses IP multicasting and by default assigns a multicast address during the cluster creation process. Source: Internet
In IPv6, the same result can be achieved by sending a packet to the link-local all nodes multicast group at address ff02::1, which is analogous to IPv4 multicasting to address 224.0.0.1. Source: Internet
In addition, the low-rate mesh supports multicasting, reliable broadcasting, portability support, trace route and energy saving function, and the high rate mesh supports multihop time-guaranteed service. Source: Internet