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Anycast is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Anycast in a sentence

Anycast meaning

A network addressing and routing scheme whereby data is routed to the nearest or best destination as viewed by the routing topology.

Using Anycast

  • The main meaning on this page is: A network addressing and routing scheme whereby data is routed to the nearest or best destination as viewed by the routing topology.
  • In the example corpus, anycast often appears in combinations such as: anycast addressing, anycast address, ipv anycast.

Context around Anycast

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

ipv4 2× multicast 1× first 1×

Often after:

addressing 2× address 2× methods 1× servers 1×

Sentence patterns with Anycast

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and multicast anycast is a 1× anycast address is 1× anycast addressing like 1× anycast methods are 1× in ipv4 anycast addressing implementations 1× known ipv4 anycast address on 1× their first anycast servers under 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

anycast address is 1× anycast addressing like 1× anycast methods are 1× in 2003 dalnet 1× in ipv4 anycast 1× tunnel endpoints are 1×

Common sentence endings:

and made irc 1× distributed dns systems 1× many routing topology 1× of only ipv6 1× of the path 1× protocol currently deployed 1×

Words around Anycast

Just before it in the word index:

anybuddy 2 anybody 1.637 anyawu 2 anyasi 2 anyaoku 5 anyanya 2

Just after it in the word index:

anycubic 5 anyebe 2 anyenini 2 anygo 2 anyhoo 4 anyhow 90

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 abasi 8

Corpus analysis for Anycast

  • In this selection, "anycast" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ipv4, multicast, first, addressing, address and methods stand out and add context to how "anycast" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and multicast anycast is a and anycast address is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "anycast" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with anycast

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Anycast address is an inherent feature of only IPv6. (9 words)

Anycast addressing Like broadcast and multicast, anycast is a one-to-many routing topology. (14 words)

Anycast methods are useful for global load balancing and are commonly used in distributed DNS systems. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Tunnel endpoints are determined by using a well-known IPv4 anycast address on the remote side, and embedding IPv4 address information within IPv6 addresses on the local side. 6to4 is the most common tunnel protocol currently deployed. (37 words)

In IPv4, anycast addressing implementations typically operate using the shortest-path metric of BGP routing and do not take into account congestion or other attributes of the path. (28 words)

In 2003, DALnet put up their first anycast servers under the name "The IX Concept", and made irc. (18 words)

Example sentences (6)

Anycast addressing Like broadcast and multicast, anycast is a one-to-many routing topology.

Anycast address is an inherent feature of only IPv6.

Anycast methods are useful for global load balancing and are commonly used in distributed DNS systems.

In 2003, DALnet put up their first anycast servers under the name "The IX Concept", and made irc.

In IPv4, anycast addressing implementations typically operate using the shortest-path metric of BGP routing and do not take into account congestion or other attributes of the path.

Tunnel endpoints are determined by using a well-known IPv4 anycast address on the remote side, and embedding IPv4 address information within IPv6 addresses on the local side. 6to4 is the most common tunnel protocol currently deployed.

Common combinations with anycast

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "anycast" in a sentence?
An example: "Anycast addressing Like broadcast and multicast, anycast is a one-to-many routing topology." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "anycast" from authentic English texts.
What does "anycast" mean?
Anycast means: A network addressing and routing scheme whereby data is routed to the nearest or best destination as viewed by the routing topology.
How many example sentences with "anycast" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "anycast", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.