streaming media
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Streaming media is multimedia content—like movies, music, or TV shows—that plays continuously as it's delivered to you from a provider rather than requiring you to download the entire file first. It matters because it lets you watch or listen to entertainment instantly on demand without waiting or using large amounts of storage space on your device.
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On websites such as YouTube, videos such as this short NASA film about spacesuit design are played instantly depending on the user's internet connection, and the video is partially downloaded in the background.
Streaming media is the method by which multimedia data is delivered through a network for playback using a digital media player or media player software. Media is transferred in a stream of packets from a server to a client and is rendered in real-time or near real-time; this contrasts with file downloading, a process in which the end-user obtains an entire media file before consuming the content. Streaming is more commonly used for video on demand, streaming television, and music streaming services over the Internet.