>> YouTube

> The popular video hosting site is crammed with adverts and videos, including the infamous "Baby monkey riding backwards on a pig" video...

> Each video is streamed from YouTube's servers to your computer, the flood of data transformed from a mass of 1s and 0s into a picture that changes in real-time.

> The player receives the video information slightly faster than it plays it, allowing the extra information to be left in a "buffer" in case the flow is interrupted.

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