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Understanding Streaming Video
Streaming Video
With the internet came a new concept, which is referred to as streaming video. This seems like a very general term, and many people may not be aware of what the term actually means. When used on the internet, “streaming” means that a product is being sent from one place to another on a time frame. Streaming video is a video clip or movie that is being sent over real time from one place to another. This is a movie that is being constantly supplied to the individuals requesting the video. The method of the material being transferred is known as streaming, and this is not the medium that is being used. For example, there is streaming video and streaming audio. Audio and video are the mediums that are being used in those forms, but the streaming concept refers to the way that the product is being sent from one place to another over the internet or through another method. Some people do not realize that streaming media was around before the internet, but that it was not referred to as such. Since there are no so many ways in which people can receive information, including videos, many people are able to understand that there needs to be a distinction between styles of sending.
