One-to-many
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This article is about one-to-many in communications. For a one-to-many function in mathematics, see multivalued function.
In communication, one-to-many is the act of publishing or broadcasting from one sender to many receivers.
One-to-many (also known as "to-many") relationships are often used when managing databases. A one-to-many relationship occurs when one entity is related to many occurrences in another entity. For example, one club has many members.
[edit] See also
- One-to-one (communication)
- Many-to-many
- Point-to-multipoint technology such as the Local Multipoint Distribution Service
