Streaming is a method of transmitting data from the internet directly to a user's computer or phone screen without the need to download it.
[computing]
...web sites that feature streaming media.
2. See also stream
streaming in British English
(ˈstriːmɪŋ)
noun
1.
the process of supplying data, audio, etc in real time over the internet
Other new media sites held links to the sites where video streaming of the demonstrationswas available.
a US-based portal that offers live streaming of over 300 channels from around theworld
2. British
the grouping or division of schoolchildren in streams
proposals to reintroduce streaming into state schools
the headmaster who dared to introduce streaming of pupils in first and second year
There's no streaming at St Benedict's school.
adjective
3.
(of the eyes or nose) running copiously because of a cold etc
4.
(of a cold) involving the constant exudation of mucus
streaming in American English
(ˈstrimɪŋ)
noun
1.
a method of sequentially transmitting an audio or video presentation, as over the Internet: the data is playable as it is being received, rather thanonly after it is completely downloaded
2. Education Chiefly British
the practice of classifying students according to ability and placing them in groups with distinct curricula, career expectations, etc.; tracking
Examples of 'streaming' in a sentence
streaming
The cloud deck was rendered into a thousand tattered black banners, streaming overhead.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2002)
Behind the streaming car window, the pale disc of his wife's face swam like an exotic fish in a tank.