5 definitions found
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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
broadcast
adj 1: made widely known especially by radio or television; "the
broadcast news"; "everyone heard the broadcast rumors"
[syn: {aired}]
2: sown by casting over a wide area especially by hand; "the
broadcast sowing of wheat"
n 1: message that is transmitted by radio or television
2: a radio or television show "did you see his program last
night?" [syn: {program}, {programme}]
adv : so as to scatter or be distributed widely or in all
directions
v 1: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We
cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: {air}, {send}, {beam},
{transmit}]
2: as of information [syn: {circulate}, {circularize}, {circularise},
{distribute}, {disseminate}, {propagate}, {spread}, {diffuse},
{disperse}, {pass around}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [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.
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