Broadcast storm

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-000783",
  "term": "Broadcast storm",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An abnormal, high-volume flood of broadcast or multicast packets on a computer network that consumes an excessive amount of network bandwidth and processing resources. This condition degrades network performance and may cause a complete network failure as devices become overwhelmed trying to process every incoming packet. A broadcast storm is frequently caused by a switching loop in a network topology, where frames are forwarded endlessly between interconnected switches.",
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Broadcast-Sturm",
    "es": "tormenta de difusión",
    "fr": "tempête de diffusion"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/broadcast-storm/"
}