stream

  1. Noun.  A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
  2. Noun.  A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
  3. Noun.  Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
  4. Noun.  (science) An umbrella term for all moving waters.
  5. Noun.  (computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
  6. Noun.  (UK, education) A division of a school year by perceived ability.
  7. Verb.  (intransitive) To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
  8. Verb.  (internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.