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broadcast
Last modified: Monday, September 01, 1997
To simultaneously send the same message to multiple recipients. Broadcasting is a useful feature in e-mailsystems. It is also supported by some fax systems.
In networking, a distinction is made between broadcasting and multicasting. Broadcasting sends a message to everyone on the network whereas multicasting sends a message to a select list of recipients.