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  1. Reference
  2. Streaming

Glossary

Streaming

Sending output tokens as they are generated. It improves perceived latency, not total latency or cost.

Where it is explained

  • Cost and latency optimizationProduction: cost, serving and observability

See also

Terms explained in the same lessons.

  • Batch API
  • Model routing
  • Percentile latency (p50, p95)
  • Semantic cache
  • Prompt caching
  • Time to first token (TTFT)
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