English Dictionary: broadcast | by the DICT Development Group |
5 results for broadcast | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Broadcast \Broad"cast`\, n. (Agric.) A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Broadcast \Broad"cast`\, a. 1. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused. 2. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Broadcast \Broad"cast`\, adv. So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
broadcast A transmission to multiple, unspecified recipients. On Ethernet, a broadcast packet is a special type of multicast packet which all nodes on the network are always willing to receive. |