stream-oriented

stream-oriented definition - telecom
Referring to an application that generates a continuous flow of data, rather than bursts of intense data activity interspersed with periods of inactivity. Real-time voice and video are stream-oriented. See also application, bursty transmission, data, flow, real-time, video, and voice.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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