ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Application streaming

So let me tell you about something called application streaming! Have you ever played a game that you had to wait a long time for it to download before you could start playing it? Well, with application streaming you don't have to wait for the whole game or app to download before you can start using it!

It's like having a magical genie who can give you parts of the game as you need them, instead of giving you the whole thing at once. This way, you can start playing right away, and the rest of the game or app will download in the background while you're playing.

Imagine you want to eat a pizza, but you don't have all the ingredients to make it. With application streaming, the genie would give you the ingredients as you need them! First they would give you the dough, then the sauce, then the cheese, then the toppings. And each time they gave you something, you could start making the pizza with it!

Application streaming works a bit like that, but instead of making pizza, you get to use cool apps and play fun games without waiting for them to download. It's a really helpful tool for people who want to get started using software quickly, without having to wait for everything to download at once!
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