multicast

computer networking technique for forwarding transmissions from one sender to multiple receivers
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multicast

Summary

multicast ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (224 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • multicast's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh97007256[2].
  • multicast's subclass of is recorded as packet forwarding[3].
  • multicast's subclass of is recorded as routing[4].
  • multicast's Commons category is recorded as Multicast[5].
  • multicast's opposite of is recorded as unicast[6].
  • multicast's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/053zx[7].
  • multicast's partially coincident with is recorded as point-to-multipoint communication[8].
  • multicast's schematic is recorded as Multicast.svg[9].
  • multicast's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 32295351[10].
  • multicast's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007546811305171[11].
  • multicast's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C32295351[12].
  • multicast's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/f5f20c05-e4b1-4c78-97fc-289772d7b065[13].

Why It Matters

multicast ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (224 views/month).[1] multicast has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] multicast is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). multicast. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/multicast
MLA “multicast.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/multicast.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_multicast_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{multicast}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/multicast}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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