Playback vs. Streaming — What's the Difference?

The act or process of replaying an audio or video recording, as to monitor quality or check a recorded message.

A flow of water in a channel or bed, as a brook, rivulet, or small river.

The replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images.

A steady current in such a flow of water.

The act of reproducing recorded sound;

A steady current of a fluid.

Electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material

A large amount or number moving or occurring in steady succession

A trend, course, or drift, as of opinion, thought, or history.

A beam or ray of light.

Chiefly British A course of study to which students are tracked.

(Computers) A steady flow of data.

To flow in a stream or current.

To pour forth or give off a stream; flow

To move or arrive in large numbers; pour

To extend, wave, or float outward

To leave a continuous trail of light.

To give forth a continuous stream of light rays or beams; shine.

To emit, discharge, or exude (a body fluid, for example).

(Computers) To transmit or receive (audio or video content), especially over the internet, in small, sequential packets that permit the content to be played continuously as it is being received and without saving it to a hard disk.

Flowing or moving in continuous succession, like fluid in a stream.

Present participle of stream

Movement as a stream.

(computing) The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it.

Division of classes into academic streams.

The working of alluvial deposits to get ore.

Sending forth streams.

The act or operation of that which streams; the act of that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams.

The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin.

The rapid flow of cytoplasm within a cell; - called also protoplasmic streaming.

The circulation of cytoplasm within a cell

Exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts;

Moving smoothly and continuously;

(of liquids) moving freely;