File talk:Multicast vs broadcast illustrated.png

this picture sucks bad. here's why: 1 - it's REALLY small 2 - the edges are horribly jagged 3 - FAIL

yeah, i know some turd will say "feel free to provide an improvement" or something so, here we go:

+=+broadcast+=+ x x  x     \ | / x - o - x    / | \ x x  x

+=+multicast+=+ y x  x     \ | / x - o - y    / | \ x y  x

+=+legend+=+ o - server x - being served y - not being served

SO much better than the failed picture of fail FTFA

so, to recap, the basic idea here is that broadcast talks to everyone while multicast talks to anyone who will listen

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