pointcast

English

Etymology

From point +‎ -cast, from broadcast.

Verb

pointcast (third-person singular simple present pointcasts, present participle pointcasting, simple past and past participle pointcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) pointcasted)

1. (Internet) To transmit targeted information to a single person
   • 2015, Judge Rodney Gilstrap, Claim Construction Order, SimpleAir, Inc. v. Google Inc.‎:

     Google asserts that if the broadcast server can itself pointcast to receivers, then there is no need for receivers to filter broadcasts.

Related terms

• anycast
• broadcast
• multicast
• narrowcast
• pointcasting
• unicast

Anagrams

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