1. unicast - Adjective
2. unicast - Verb
(computing, networking) Being the transmission of messages to a single destination host on a packet switching network.
(programming) Synonym of singlecast
unicast (third-person singular simple present unicasts, present participle unicasting, simple past and past participle unicasted or unicast)
(computing, networking) To transmit in this manner.
RFC 4168, The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) as a Transport for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), IETF, The Internet Society (2005) SIP can be used for two-party ( unicast ) or multiparty ( multicast ) sessions. Source: Internet
Both ICE Colocation and LCN advertise IPv4 routes for all public unicast services, multicast sources and rendezvous points in the data center. Source: Internet
Presto is also compatible with Google Cloud Print, and it allows iOS devices to discover printers via unicast Domain Name Servers (DNS), instead of the (allegedly less reliable) multicast DNS that AirPrint itself uses in discovering printers. Source: Internet
Multiprotocol BGP allows information about the topology of IP multicast-capable routers to be exchanged separately from the topology of normal IPv4 unicast routers. Source: Internet
OSPF uses both unicast and multicast transmission modes to send "Hello" packets and link state updates. Source: Internet
Sending the same data to multiple unicast addresses requires the sender to send all the data many times over, once for each recipient. Source: Internet