| Subject | English | Chinese simplified |
| comp., MS | streaming buffer | 流式缓冲区 (A secondary sound buffer that contains only part of a sound. Its data must be refreshed as it is playing) |
| comp., MS | streaming sound buffer | 流声音缓冲区 (A small sound buffer that can play lengthy sounds because the application dynamically loads audio data into the buffer as it plays. For example, an application could use a buffer that can hold 3 seconds of audio data to play a 2-minute sound. A streaming buffer requires much less memory than a static buffer) |