Unicast

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Unicast is data transmission from a single sender (red) to a single receiver (green). Other devices on the network (yellow) do not participate in the communication. Unicast.svg
Unicast is data transmission from a single sender (red) to a single receiver (green). Other devices on the network (yellow) do not participate in the communication.
Routing schemes
Unicast

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Broadcast

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Multicast

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Anycast

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In computer networking, unicast is a one-to-one transmission from one point in the network to another point; that is, one sender and one receiver, each identified by a network address. [1]

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Unicast is in contrast to multicast and broadcast which are one-to-many transmissions. [2]

Internet Protocol unicast delivery methods such as Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) are typically used.

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References

  1. ↑ Godred Fairhurst. "Unicast, Broadcast, and Multicast". Archived from the original on 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-11-23.[ self-published source? ]
  2. ↑ "Differences Between Multicast and Unicast". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2008-02-03. Retrieved 2008-02-04.


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