GO WITH THE FLOW NAVIGATING STREAMING COMMUNICATION

摘要

The trouble with streaming communications begins when you try to define it. Ask 10 people, and you'll likely get 10 different answers. There is some general agreement that streaming communication is the transfer of data or video from a server to a client. But after that, the definition tends to be more vague or is configured to cover the particular need of a company or user.rn"When networks first started to transfer information, everything was data," explains Phil Hippensteel, assistant professor of information systems at the Pennsylvania State University and a technical consultant. "FTP was once considered streaming. Since then, the term has morphed and changed."