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Streaming
Streaming media is multimedia that is continuously received by, and normally displayed to, the end-user while it is being delivered by the provider. A media stream can be on demand or live. On demand streams are stored on a server for a long period of time, and are available to be transmitted at a user's request. Live streams are only available at one particular time, as in a video stream of a live sporting event (see : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media).