data streams
Continuous digital transmissions
Data streams are continuous flows of information transmitted or processed sequentially over time.
Unlike static datasets, streams arrive piece by piece—sensor readings, stock prices, social media posts, video feeds.
Systems that handle data streams process information as it arrives rather than waiting for a complete batch: The app monitors data streams from weather stations across the region.
In programming, the term also describes channels through which programs read or write data sequentially.
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- real-timeOccurring without processing delay
- real timeWithout processing delay
- continuous flowUninterrupted movement onward
- flowUnbroken forward movement
live feed · ingestion · parallel processing · sensors · event-driven · analytics · telemetry · synchronization · backpressure · fault tolerance · queue management · packets · time-sensitive · fire hose · firehose · bandwidth · flux · live
- data sciencealgorithm, machine learning, model, analytics, prediction
- data processingnormalization, standardization, encoding, scaling, aggregation
- live datalive feeds, live scores, telemetry, live video, live broadcast
- monitoringmetrics, alerts, dashboards, continuous monitoring, logs
- data streamstelemetry, metrics, readings, live feeds, measurements
- internetinternet, websites, web, browsers, web browsers
stream, data, streaming, streamlined, streamline, database, upstream, datum, downstream