In computer networking, multicast (one-to-many or many-to-many distribution) is group communication where information is addressed to a group of destination computers simultaneously. Multicast should not be confused with physical layer point-to-multipoint communication. Group communication may either be application layer multicast or network assis...
The broadcast of messages to a selected group of workstations on a network
data packet intended for reception by multiple stations. More information.
Single packets copied by the network and sent to a specific subset of network addresses. These addresses are specified in the destination address field.