Describes stored media content that is available for streaming on a Windows Media Services system. Windows Media Services can stream either stored content from a publishing point, or live content using Windows Media Encoder.
1) The opposite of real-time. 2) Audio and/or video programming available on a Web site after the completion of an event, providing this content so Web site visitors can listen or view at their discretion. 3) FAX system for sending out faxed material upon request.
Pertaining to work performed when demand is present. Typically used to describe products which are manufactured or assembled only when a customer order is placed.
video which is not broadcast "Live" as it is filmed, but is compressed and made available on a server for people to watch when they wish. A television broadcast is "Live"; renting a video and watching it at home is "On-Demand".
A type of streaming in which a clip plays from start to finish when a user clicks a link. Most clips are streamed this way. Contrast to broadcast.
Archived or stored content that users can access whenever they want, without the constraints of a traditional broadcast schedule. Online: Actively connected to the Internet. Adjective: Activities of Internet users, such as online shopping.
The opposite of a live web event. Most live web events are recorded and made available to play 'on demand'. In the academic world, on-demand is sometimes referred to as "asynchronous".
The ability to automatically suspend and resume a physical connection on demand. This ensures that the users holding time charges are proportional to their useful holding time not the total holding time.
A type of telecommunication service in which the communication path is established almost immediately in response to a user request brought about by means of a user-network signaling Service.
Video/audio or other data that is transmitted anytime to the end-user upon request.()