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noun (wikipedia, stream, stream (river))
  1. A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks
  2. A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air)
He poured the milk in a thin from the jug to the glass.
  1. Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words
Her constant nagging was to him a of abuse.
  1. (science) Umbrella term for all moving waters.
  2. (computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
verb 
  1. (intransitive) To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
  2. (internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.
Etymology: From strÄam.


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