streaming media
SEO / Search Marketing
audio-visual content that is played as it is being downloaded. Thus, an Internet user could begin watching a video clip as the footage downloads rather than having to wait for the clip to download in its entirety beforehand.
Storage
A term used to describe media files that begin playing while they are being transmitted over the network to the media player on the client computer.
Telecommunications
Transmitted video or audio data that are viewed (or listened to) in real time, i.e., as the information is received. Streaming media may be user-controlled (as in on-demand, pay-per-view movies) or server-controlled (as in Webcasting).