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pointcast

pointcast verb: to transmit targeted information to a single person.

Verb

pointcast (third-person singular simple present pointcasts, present participle pointcasting, simple past and past participle pointcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) pointcasted)

  1. (Internet) To transmit targeted information to a single person
    • Google asserts that if the broadcast server can itself pointcast to receivers, then there is no need for receivers to filter broadcasts.2015, Judge Rodney Gilstrap, Claim Construction Order, SimpleAir, Inc. v. Google Inc.

Forms of pointcast

third-person singular presentpointcasts
present participlepointcasting
past participlepointcast
pastpointcast
past participle common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimespointcasted
past common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimespointcasted

Origin of pointcast

From point + -cast, from broadcast.

Questions about pointcast

What does pointcast mean?
Pointcast means to transmit targeted information to a single person.
What part of speech is pointcast?
Pointcast is a verb.
What is the past tense of pointcast?
The past tense of pointcast is pointcast.

Words near pointcast in the dictionary

  1. pointball
  2. pointballs
  3. pointblank
  4. pointbreak
  5. pointbreaks
  6. pointcast
  7. pointcasted
  8. pointcasting
  9. pointcasts
  10. pointclass
  11. pointclasses

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