"pointcast" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From point + -cast, from broadcast.",
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        "present"
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    {
      "form": "pointcasted",
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        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "pointcasted",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
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          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "en:Internet",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "ref": "2015, Judge Rodney Gilstrap, Claim Construction Order, SimpleAir, Inc. v. Google Inc.",
          "text": "Google asserts that if the broadcast server can itself pointcast to receivers, then there is no need for receivers to filter broadcasts.",
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        "To transmit targeted information to a single person"
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          "Internet",
          "Internet"
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        "(Internet) To transmit targeted information to a single person"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "anycast"
        },
        {
          "word": "broadcast"
        },
        {
          "word": "multicast"
        },
        {
          "word": "narrowcast"
        },
        {
          "word": "pointcasting"
        },
        {
          "word": "unicast"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "pointcast"
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      "form": "pointcasted",
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        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "pointcasted",
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        "past"
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      "form": "pointcast",
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        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "pointcast",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "anycast"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "multicast"
    },
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      "word": "narrowcast"
    },
    {
      "word": "pointcasting"
    },
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        "(Internet) To transmit targeted information to a single person"
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