Author(s): Carla Mooney
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 48
Publisher: Rosen Central
Language: English
Date Published: 2016-01-15
Dimensions: 185 x 236 x 10mm
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This succinct title breaks down the complex mechanisms behind audio and video streaming and explains them in terms a middle-school-aged audience can understand. This volume introduces the concept of streaming and then explains how it works and what its uses are. Along the way, important digital terminology and concepts are introduced, such as bandwidth, codecs, plugins, and protocol. A discussion of Internet safety and how to produce and share streaming content wraps up this enlightening text.