1. A method to process data, comprising: parsing input from a requestor, the input comprising at least one of a query or a command that is parsed into a structured query comprising an indication of at least one data stream or set of data streams and at least one action to be performed on the, at least one, data stream or set of data streams; mapping the structured query into a graph of processing elements that are selected and interconnected so as to execute the structured query; instantiating the graph of processing elements and connecting and initializing the instantiated graph of processing elements with an identified, at least one, data stream or set of data streams to receive data there from; and outputting a result of the structured query to the requestor.