Glossary: TCP/IP in Depth, Part 1
broadcast
Also written: broadcast address, ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Sent to every machine on the LAN, using the MAC address ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, as ARP requests do. In subnetting, the broadcast address is a subnet's last address, such as 192.168.10.127 for 192.168.10.64/26.