audio stream
Live sound transmission
An audio stream is a continuous flow of sound data transmitted over a network, typically the internet.
Unlike downloaded files, streams play in real time as data arrives: I fell asleep listening to an audio stream of rain sounds.
Streaming services deliver music and podcasts this way, letting listeners hear content without storing complete files locally.
- podcastEpisodic digital audio series
- musicOrganized auditory art
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- playbackReproducing recorded media
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
radio · live · bandwidth · bitrate · speaker · headphones · MP3 · sound · sound wave · waveform · channel · feed · listen · volume · download · Spotify · equalizer · playlist
- audio mediavinyl, LP, CD, cassette, 8-track
- live feedswebcam, traffic cam, security cam, CCTV, dash cam
- Radio Audioradio, podcast, AM radio, FM radio, satellite radio
- streaming datadata pipeline, ingestion, live feed, feeds, buffering
- radioFM radio, crystal set, AM radio, radio station, radio broadcast
- streamingNetflix, Hulu, YouTube, watch, HBO
delivery method
audio streamlocal file
Data stored on-device
audio file · physical media · CD · vinyl record · cassette tape
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