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+Flink uses a concept called *windows* to divide a (potentially) infinite
`DataStream` into finite
+slices based on the timestamps of elements or other criteria. This
division is required when working
+with infinite streams of data and performing transformations that
aggregate elements.
+
+<span class="label label-info">Info</span> We will mostly talk about
*keyed windowing* here, i.e.
+windows that are applied on a `KeyedStream`. Keyed windows have the
advantage that elements are
+subdivided based on both window and key before being given to
+a user function. The work can thus be distributed across the cluster
+because the elements for different keys can be processed independently. If
you absolutely have to,
+you can check out [non-keyed windowing](#non-keyed-windowing) where we
describe how non-keyed
+windows work.
+
* This will be replaced by the TOC
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-## Windows on Keyed Data Streams
-
-Flink offers a variety of methods for defining windows on a `KeyedStream`.
All of these group elements *per key*,
-i.e., each window will contain elements with the same key value.
+## Basics
-### Basic Window Constructs
+For a windowed transformations you must at least specify a *key*
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