Live Streaming Glossary

The Ultimate Guide to Streaming Terms and Definitions

Anyone trying to learn a new skill or hobby can quickly become overwhelmed by new words, acronyms, and industry lingo. Our glossary of common livestreaming terms aims to break down complex technologies into simple and understandable language.

Check out our comprehensive glossary below and get started learning today!

A

• Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR & ABS)

B

• Bitrate

C

• Cloud Transcoding
• Codecs

H

• H.264 (AVC)
• H.265 (HEVC)
• HTTP Livestreaming (HLS)

L

• Latency

M

• MPEG-DASH

O

• Over-the-Top (OTT)

P

• Packet Loss
• Point to Point

V

• Video Compression
• Video Resolutions

W

• WebRTC