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The word “streaming media” refers to the technology that allows the continuous flow of multimedia over the Internet. Video is a type of multimedia which combines both visual and audible components. Streaming media in higher education refers to the real-time delivery of audio/video over the networks.
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In computer science, network is a group of two or more computers linked together. A connected group of networks is called Internet. One way of accessing shared information located on the Internet is using a technology called World Wide Web (WWW). WWW contains a set of protocols to transmit different types of information. Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) is the set of rules for transporting information (text, graphic images, sound, video, and other multimedia files) on the World Wide Web. Streaming media content can be transported using HTTP or other proprietary protocols. Such transported content can be...
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Maniar, N.J. (2012). Streaming Media. In: Seel, N.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1428-6_602
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