broadcast storm

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broadcast storm - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  broadcast storm
  network storm
  storm
  
     <networking> A broadcast on a network that causes multiple
     hosts to respond by broadcasting themselves, causing the
     storm to grow exponentially in severity.
  
     See network meltdown.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-02-07)
  

broadcast storm - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  broadcast storm
   n.
  
     [common] An incorrect packet broadcast on a network that causes most
     hosts to respond all at once, typically with wrong answers that start
     the process over again. See network meltdown; compare mail storm.