# The Difference Between Downloading and Streaming

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/the-difference-between-downloading-and-streaming/200745>\
**Category:** In The News\
**Tags:** via-news-bot, streaming\
**Created:** [27 May 2025 04:04 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/the-difference-between-downloading-and-streaming/200745 "2025-05-27T04:04:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![apsori](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/apsori/32/6666_2.png) [@apsori](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/apsori)\
**Post date:** [28 May 2025 04:43 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/the-difference-between-downloading-and-streaming/200745/2 "2025-05-28T04:43:00Z")

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I always thought of downloading as getting all the data first, before using it. And streaming, it is more of being able to process/use the chunks as they arrived. Great article.

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