"broadcast storm" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: broadcast storms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} broadcast storm (plural broadcast storms)
  1. (telecommunications) Extreme amounts of broadcast traffic over a computer network, typically caused by a loop in the network topology. Categories (topical): Telecommunications

Inflected forms

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