Handling Large Blobs easy
What is 'Buffering' in video streaming?
- A The video is broken.
- B Deleting the video.
- C Pre-loading a portion of the video into memory so playback can continue smoothly even if the network speed fluctuates temporarily.
- D Encrypting the stream.
Answer: C. Pre-loading a portion of the video into memory so playback can continue smoothly even if the network speed fluctuates temporarily.
The buffer acts as a shock absorber for network jitter.
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