Replicated unicast or duplicated unicast

[zillah]

Technanically are there any difference between these two phrases

Replicatd unicast and duplicated unicast ?

Because most of the time I have read replicated not duplicated.

[zillah]

Any idea

[zillah]

Any thought ?

[Tuttle]

Stabbing wildly in the dark, I'd guess probably not. Without knowing any sort of context though I'm just guessing.

If they're different terms being used in different books, they could well be talking about the same thing. If the same author uses both terms in the one chapter then I'd wonder what the distinction is.

[zillah]

Without knowing any sort of context

Below one example on top of my head right now.

http://www.sprint.net/multicast/faq.html

"Instead of setting up separate unicast sessions for each destination, multicast will replicate packets at router hops where the path to different multicast group members diverges.----"

Can we replace the word replicate with duplicate ?

[zillah]

Another example for the definition of a worm from "Cryptography and Network Security" by William Stallings , Edition3, Glossary

Worm: Program that can replicate itself and send copies from computer to computer across network connections. Upon arrival, the worm may be activated to replicate and propogate again.......etc

[CataclysmCow]

Can we replace the word replicate with duplicate ?

In every networking text I've seen the verb replicate is used. I've never seen "duplicate" in place of replicate.

The fact that the adjective versus the verb form are more distinct helps in usage a little, but I think the main reason for the usage is that replicate carries the connotation of being put back into use. For instance with a bridge when you read that a frame was replicated on an interface you have a good sense that the frame was put back on the wire. If you read that it was duplicated you'd be led to understand that it was copied, but unsure of anything past that (duplicated where?). I don't think this comes from the English definitions of the words, but more from the technical jargon of networking.

[zillah]

Thanks for this clue

[zillah]

In every networking text I've seen the verb replicate is used. I've never seen "duplicate" in place of replicate.

This is a proof to what you have mentioned, article related to Active Directory

http://tutorials.beginners.co.uk/read/id/383/p/3

Directory Replication: Building domains is only the first part of building your Windows 2000 network - the logical part.