Streaming is a method of viewing video or listening to audio content without actually downloading the media files. Streaming performance can be improved, and buffering time reduced, if the owner of the files uses a CDN. The first websites were simple pages of text with maybe an image or two. Today, however, anyone with a fast enough Internet connection can watch high-definition movies or make a video call over the Internet. This is possible because of a technology called streaming.
Streaming is the continuous transmission of audio or video files from a server to a client. In simpler terms, streaming is what happens when consumers watch TV or listen to podcasts on Internet-connected devices. With streaming, the media file being played on the client device is stored remotely, and is transmitted a few seconds at a time over the Internet. Streaming is real-time, and it’s more efficient than downloading media files. Learn more in the Cloudflare Learning Center.
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