A still from a of a fish tank, Schou FishCam Streaming media is that is constantly received by and presented to an while being delivered by a provider. The verb 'to stream' refers to the process of delivering or obtaining media in this manner; [ ] the term refers to the delivery method of the medium, rather than the medium itself, and is an alternative to file, a process in which the end-user obtains the entire file for the content before watching or listening to it. A client end-user can use their to start playing the content or listens to content before the entire file has been transmitted.