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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stream  \Stream\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Streamed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Streaming}.] 
  1.  To  issue  or  flow  in  a  stream;  to  flow  freely  or  in  a 
  current,  as  a  fluid  or  whatever  is  likened  to  fluids;  as 
  tears  streamed  from  her  eyes. 
 
  Beneath  those  banks  where  rivers  stream.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  To  pour  out  or  emit,  a  stream  or  streams. 
 
  A  thousand  suns  will  stream  on  thee.  --Tennyson. 
 
  3.  To  issue  in  a  stream  of  light;  to  radiate. 
 
  4.  To  extend;  to  stretch  out  with  a  wavy  motion;  to  float  in 
  the  wind;  as  a  flag  streams  in  the  wind. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Streaming  \Stream"ing\,  a. 
  Sending  forth  streams. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Streaming  \Stream"ing\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  or  operation  of  that  which  streams;  the  act  of 
  that  which  sends  forth,  or  which  runs  in  streams. 
 
  2.  (Mining)  The  reduction  of  stream  tin;  also  the  search  for 
  stream  tin. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  streaming 
  adj  1:  exuding  a  bodily  fluid  in  profuse  amounts:  "his  streaming 
  face";  "her  streaming  eyes" 
  2:  moving  smoothly  and  continuously;  "crowds  flowing  through 
  the  canyons  of  the  streets";  "fan  streaming  into  the 
  concert  hall"  [syn:  {flowing}] 
  3:  (of  liquids)  moving  freely;  "a  flowing  brook"  [syn:  {flowing}] 
  n  :  the  circulation  of  cytoplasm  within  a  cell  [syn:  {cyclosis}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  streaming 
 
    Playing  {sound}  or  {video}  in  {real  time}  as 
  it  is  downloaded  over  the  {Internet}  as  opposed  to  storing  it 
  in  a  local  file  first  A  {plug-in}  to  a  {web  browser}  such  as 
  {Netscape  Navigator}  decompresses  and  plays  the  data  as  it  is 
  transferred  to  your  computer  over  the  {World-Wide  Web}. 
  Streaming  audio  or  video  avoids  the  delay  entailed  in 
  downloading  an  entire  file  and  then  playing  it  with  a  {helper 
  application}.  Streaming  requires  a  fast  connection  and  a 
  computer  powerful  enough  to  execute  the  decompression 
  {algorithm}  in  {real  time}. 
 
  (1996-11-06)




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