to stream

Definition of to stream in English English dictionary: To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client; A division of a school year by perceived ability
All of the bright kids went into the A stream, but I was in the B stream.; A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks; An umbrella term for all moving waters; {n} a running water, current, course, force; {v} to run, flow, issue continually, streak; move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"; If your eyes are streaming, liquid is coming from them, for example because you have a cold. You can also say that your nose is streaming. Her eyes were streaming now from the wind A cold usually starts with a streaming nose and dry throat; Data transmitted across a network and any properties associated with the data Streaming data allows the player to begin rendering the data immediately instead of waiting for the entire file to be downloaded; A beam or ray of light; To issue in a stream of light; to radiate; a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth; dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"; A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather; flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face"; To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts; a free-flowing body of water from the outlet of great pond or the confluence of two (2) perennial streams as depicted on the most recent edition of a United States Geological Survey 7 5 minute series topographic map, or if not available, a 15 minute series topographic map to the point where the body of water becomes a river; exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"; a general term for a body of flowing water; {f} flow; pour out from; arrive in large numbers; flow freely; blow, wave; emit beams of light; {i} brook, creek, river; flow of water or other liquid; constant outpouring; (1) A contiguous group of data elements being transmitted, or intended for transmission, in character or binary-digit form, using a defined format (2) A file access object that allows access to an ordered sequence of characters, as described by the ISO C standard A stream provides the additional services of user-selectable buffering and formatted input and output (3) In text processing, treating the entire text as a single string, even when the string is broken into lines for viewing purposes; A general term for a body of flowing water In hydrology the term is generally applied to the water flowing in a natural channel as distinct from a canal More generally as in the term stream gaging, it is applied to the water flowing in any channel, natural or artificial Streams in natural; To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams; To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid; a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"; to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"; Any river, creek, slough, or natural watercourse in which water usually flows in a defined bed or channel It is not essential that the flowing be uniform or uninterrupted The fact that some part of the bed or channel has been dredged or improved does not prevent the watercourse from being a stream; the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression; To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears; to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind; When light streams into or out of a place, it shines strongly into or out of it. Sunlight was streaming into the courtyard; Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words; By MDNR definition; "a river, creek, or surface waterway that may or may not be defined by Act 40, P A Of 1956: has definite banks, a bed, and visible evidence of continued flow or continued occurrence of water, including the connecting water of the Great Lakes"; Any data transmission that occurs in a continuous flow Streaming audio and video files allow you to display or play the beginning before all the data has been transferred; A long narrow channel of water that flows as a function of gravity and elevation across the Earth's surface Many streams empty into lakes, seas or oceans; A "stream" is a sequence of data APGen allows developers to use Output streams and Log streams Both of these streams implement the COM IStream interface; If something such as a new factory or a new system comes on stream or is brought on stream, it begins to operate or becomes available. As new mines come on stream, Chile's share of world copper output will increase sharply see also jet stream. stream channel Gulf Stream jet stream stream of consciousness; A body of running water; A stream of things is a large number of them occurring one after another. We had a constant stream of visitors; To unfurl; A body of water found on the Earth's surface and confined to a narrow topographic depression, down which it flows and transports rock particles, sediment, and dissolved particles Rivers, creeks, brooks, and runs are all streams; On CRAY T3E systems, a stream is a series of data items between memory and the functional units of a PE Similar to a pipeline on Cray PVP systems, a stream feeds data to the functional units in optimal fashion For more information on streams, see Section 1 2 1 For information on how to make use of streams in your program, see Chapter 4; A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air); n A kind of sheet that implements the stream protocol (such as maintaining a text cursor); A natural body of flowing water that is a complex ecosystem in which biological, chemical, or physical changes may affect other characteristics A stream begins at its headwaters and gathers water from runoff, rain, snowmelt, or from underground springs Streams hold great importance regardless of size or flow They provide water supplies, a variety of aesthetic values, and are also important wildlife habitats; or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano; Any body of running water moving under gravity flow through clearly defined natural channels; A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc; Umbrella term for all moving waters; A stream is a small narrow river. There was a small stream at the end of the garden. a mountain stream; A stream of vehicles or people is a long moving line of them. There was a stream of traffic behind him; A persistent Java object which permits the reading or writing of multiple sequential values Represents a connection to another (potentially non-Java) entity Used for input or output; A sequence of data bytes with sequencing and flow control The TCP/IP stream protocol is TCP (Isn't there a System V stream concept as well as the network protocol? Does Linux implement it?); A FIFO (first in first out) buffer When a program asks for input from a user, the user can write a few lines of data When we call a getline function in the program, the first line we read is the first line written by the user (not the latest) It's like a line at the post office; A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially; A kind of sheet that implements the stream protocol (such as maintaining a text cursor); A stream of smoke, air, or liquid is a narrow moving mass of it. He breathed out a stream of cigarette smoke Add the oil in a slow, steady stream; rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"; something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"; If a liquid streams somewhere, it flows or comes out in large amounts. Tears streamed down their faces She came in, rain streaming from her clothes and hair; If people or vehicles stream somewhere, they move there quickly and in large numbers. Refugees have been streaming into Travnik for months; 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; Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand; Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners; a general term for a body of flowing water; natural water course containing water at least part of the year In hydrology, it is generally applied to the water flowing in a natural channel as distinct from a canal; To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind; An object which provides sequential read and/or write access to the contents of a collection of file; a steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; Any body of running water moving under gravity flow through clearly defined natural channels to progressively lower levels