home/glossary/Broadcast Address

Broadcast Address

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

An address used to broadcast a datagram to all hosts on a given network using UDP or ICMP protocol.

MWESANS Glossary of Security Terms

Classifications

Entity Type

Network95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —

Sensitivity

—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —

Information Class

—95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —

Variants

plural
Broadcast Addresses
possessive
Broadcast Address's
pluralpossessive
Broadcast Addresses'