streaming
nounEtymology From Middle English stremynge, equivalent to stream + -ing.
1
Usually Movement as a stream.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Usually The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it.
- Streaming has a dirty secret. The carbon footprint produced by fans watching a month of Netflix’s top 10 global TV hits is equivalent to driving a car a hefty distance beyond Saturn.2021 October 29, Mark Sweney, “Streaming’s dirty secret: how viewing Netflix top 10 creates vast quantity of CO2”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- The entertainment industry is trying to figure out the economics of streaming. It’s also facing angst over a tech-powered future and fighting to stay culturally dominant.2023 July 15, Brooks Barnes, “In Hollywood, the Strikes Are Just Part of the Problem”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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Internet, Usually Synonym of livestreaming.
- Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
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Usually The working of alluvial deposits to obtain ore.
- Derived terms
- counterstreaming, cytoplasmic streaming, direct-to-streaming, instreaming, lifestreaming, microstreaming, nonstreaming, order streaming, pseudostreaming, streaming data, streaming encoder, streaming media, streaming movement, streaming radio, streaming server, streaming service, streaming tape, streaming video, streaming XML
- Related terms
- stream