on-stream

In or into operation or production.

(1) The continuous flow of data from one place to another.

(2) Any contiguous group of bytes or chunk/block of data.

(3) To transmit data over a network. It implies sending an entire file.

(4) To play live or on-demand audio and video from an IP-based network server. See streaming audio and streaming video.

(5) The I/O management in the C programming language. A stream is a channel through which data flows to/from a disk, keyboard, printer, etc.

(6) The data part of a Structured Storage file. See Structured Storage.

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An investment that is on track to earn its expected return.

Investopedia Says:
When an investment is on stream, its return is in line with investors' expectations. However, this doesn't mean that the investment will remain on stream, as it may experience price fluctuations.