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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>broadcast storm</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="brittle.html" title="brittle"/><link rel="next" href="broken.html" title="broken"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">broadcast storm</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="brittle.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="broken.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="broadcast-storm"/><dt xmlns="" id="broadcast-storm"><b>broadcast storm</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] An incorrect packet broadcast on a network that causes most
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hosts to respond all at once, typically with wrong answers that start the
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process over again. See <a href="../N/network-meltdown.html"><i class="glossterm">network meltdown</i></a>; compare
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