Streaming

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːmɪŋ

Verb

1. Present participle of stream

Full definition of streaming

Adjective

1. that streams

Noun

1. (computing) The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it.
2. (UK, education) Division of classes into academic streams.
• 2013-07-19, Peter Wilby, Finland spreads word on schools, 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.

Derived terms

• streaming data
• streaming encoder
• streaming media
• streaming movement
• streaming radio
• streaming server
• streaming tape
• streaming video
• streaming XML

Anagrams

• emigrants
• Germanist
• man-tigers
• mastering
• remasting