streaming
noun
[ ˈstriːmɪŋ ]
• a method of transmitting or receiving data (especially video and audio material) over a computer network as a steady, continuous flow, allowing playback to start while the rest of the data is still being received.
• the practice of putting schoolchildren in groups of the same age and ability to be taught together.
• "streaming within secondary schools is common practice"
streaming
adjective
• (of a cold) accompanied by copious running of the nose and eyes.
• "she's got a streaming cold"
• relating to or making use of a form of tape transport, used mainly to provide backup storage, in which data may be transferred in bulk while the tape is in motion.
• "a streaming tape drive"
• of or relating to data transmitted in a continuous stream while earlier parts are being used.
stream
verb
• (of liquid, air, gas, etc.) run or flow in a continuous current in a specified direction.
• "she sat with tears streaming down her face"
Similar:
flow,
pour,
course,
run,
gush,
surge,
spurt,
flood,
cascade,
sluice,
slide,
spill,
slip,
glide,
trickle,
well,
• transmit or receive (data, especially video and audio material) over the internet as a steady, continuous flow.
• put (schoolchildren) in groups of the same age and ability to be taught together.
• "in the coming school year, we were to be streamed"
Origin:
Old English strēam (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stroom, German Strom, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek rhein ‘to flow’.
