What Does Stream Processing Mean?
Stream processing is the process of analyzing streaming data in real time. Analysts are able to continuously monitor a stream of data in order to achieve various goals. Stream processing as a way of optimizing data flow is popular with tech firms, for example, in use by social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, but it is also useful in a wider spectrum of tech uses where companies want to direct data flow in a more precise or specialized way, for instance, in IaaS and PaaS offerings, or in various types of ERP resources.
Techopedia Explains Stream Processing
One of the best examples of stream processing is a technology that monitors a real-time data stream that is measuring some property such as the temperature of a room. The stream processing technology is always running in real time, so as soon as the temperature of the room hits a particular high or low “strike point,” some event is triggered — for instance, turning on (or off) a heating or cooling system.
