Playing audio or video directly from the internet without fully downloading it first.
From “stream,” meaning a flowing body of water, used metaphorically for continuous flow of data. The “‑ing” makes it the ongoing action.
Streaming turns the internet into a river—you dip your device in and the media flows past in real time. You almost never ‘own’ streamed content; you’re more like a temporary viewer standing by the riverbank.
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