What do you meant by unicast ?

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Unicast the term "uni" refers to unique in the sense for networking which is commonly used.

In networking terms now we will see in points to remember;

• A unicast address is an address that identifies a unique node on a network. 
• Unicast addressing is available in both IPv4 and IPv6. 
• Typically, refers to a single sender or a single receiver.
• It can be used in both sending and receiving. 

For simple example to understand : In everyday uses through post mail we send lots of messages by sending and receiving messages or posts through packets, sending orders and receiving in packets from flipkart , etc.

A unicast address packet is transferred to a network node, which includes an interface address. 

So, the unicast address is then inserted into the destination's packet header, which is sent to the network device destination.

"Unicast is the most common form of IP addressing."

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