Sent to more than one recipient. In communications and on networks, a broadcast message is one distributed to all stations.
— Computer ScienceIn wireless networking, for a wireless router or access point to transmit its service set identifier (SSID) every few seconds so that computers and devices can detect and connect to the network.
— Computer ScienceData packet that are sent to all nodes on a network. Broadcasts are identified by a broadcast address.
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