Glossary of Data Communications Terms

Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.

Term: broadcast storm
Definition: An incorrect packet broadcast onto a network that causes multiple hosts to respond all at once, typically with equally incorrect packets which causes the storm to grow exponentially in severity.

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