Chapter 1: What Are Data Streams?
A data stream is a system where data continuously flows from multiple sources, just like water flows through a stream. The data is often produced and collected simultaneously in a continuous flow of many small files or records. Data streams are utilized by a wide range of business, medical, government, social media, and mobile applications. These applications include financial applications for the stock market and e-commerce ordering systems that collect orders and cover fulfillment of delivery.
In the entertainment space, live data is produced by sensing devices embedded in player equipment, video game players generate large amounts of data at a massive scale, and there are new social media posts thousands ...
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