screaming

adj 1: loud and sustained; shrill and piercing; "hordes of

screaming fans"; "a screaming jet plane"; "a screaming

fury of sound"; "a screeching parrot"; "screeching

brakes"; "a horde of shrieking fans"; "shrieking

winds" [syn: {screaming(a)}, {screeching(a)}, {shrieking(a)}]

2: so extremely intense as to evoke screams; "in screaming

agony"; "a screaming rage" [syn: {screaming(a)}]

3: resembling a scream in effect; "screaming headlines";

"screaming colors and designs" [syn: {screaming(a)}]

4: marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive

laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce";

"uproarious stories" [syn: {hilarious}, {screaming(a)}, {uproarious}]

n 1: sharp piercing cry [syn: {scream}, {shriek}, {shrieking}, {screech},

{screeching}]

2: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at

the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the

brakes" [syn: {screech}, {screeching}, {shriek}, {shreiking},

{scream}]

streaming

Playing {sound} or {video} in {real time} as

it is downloaded over the {Internet} as opposed to storing it

in a local file first. A {plug-in} to a {web browser} such as

{Netscape Navigator} decompresses and plays the data as it is

transferred to your computer over the {World-Wide Web}.

Streaming audio or video avoids the delay entailed in

downloading an entire file and then playing it with a {helper

application}. Streaming requires a fast connection and a

computer powerful enough to execute the decompression

{algorithm} in {real time}.

(1996-11-06)