Data stream
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- This article is about the general meaning of the term "data stream". For the UK-specific DSL technology called "Data stream", see the IP Stream article.
In telecommunications, a data stream is a sequence of digitally encoded coherent signals (packets of data or datapackets) used to transmit or receive information that is in transmission.
In electronics, a data stream determines for which time which data item is scheduled to enter or leave which port of a systolic array or similar pipe network.
The term "data stream" has many more meanings, such as by the definition from the context of systolic arrays in computer architecture.