stream
- A continuous stream of data elements being transmitted,
or intended for transmission, in character or binary-digit form, using a
defined format.
- A file access object that allows access to an
ordered sequence of characters, as described by the ISO C standard. Such
objects can be created by the fdopen or fopen functions, and are associated
with a file descriptor. A stream provides the additional services of user-selectable
buffering and formatted input and output. X/Open.
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