What is a broadcast storm?

Answer Posted / bijoy skaria

A state in which a message that has been broadcast across a
network results in even more responses, and each response
results in still more responses in a snowball effect. A
severe broadcast storm can block all other network traffic,
resulting in a network meltdown. Broadcast storms can
usually be prevented by carefully configuring a network to
block illegal broadcast messages

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