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Incomputer networking,unicast is aone-to-one transmission from one point in the network to another point; that is, one sender and one receiver, each identified by anetwork address.[1]
Unicast is in contrast tomulticast andbroadcast which are one-to-many transmissions.[2]
Internet Protocol unicast delivery methods such asTransmission Control Protocol (TCP) andUser Datagram Protocol (UDP) are typically used.
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