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        !             3: stream                      Definition                     stream
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        !             8: The term  stream is a metaphor  for any entity that  can be named
        !             9: and from  which bits can flow,  such as a device  or a file.  The
        !            10: name ``stream'' reflects the fact that the C programming environ-
        !            11: ment does  not depend upon  record descriptors and  other devices
        !            12: that predetermine what  form data can assume; instead,  data from
        !            13: whatever source are conceived as being a flow of bytes whose sig-
        !            14: nificance is set entirely by the program that reads them.
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        !            16: For example, whether 16 bits  forms an iinntt, two cchhaarrs, and should
        !            17: be used as an absolute value  or a bit map, is entirely up to the
        !            18: program that  receives it.  It is also  irrelevant to the program
        !            19: that processes these 16 bits whether they come from the keyboard,
        !            20: from a file on disk, or from a peripheral device.
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        !            22: The FILE structure holds all of the information needed to manipu-
        !            23: late a  stream.  The STDIO functions can be  used to open, close,
        !            24: or reopen a stream; read data from it; or write data to it.
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        !            26: ***** See Also *****
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        !            28: bit, byte, data formats, definitions, file, FILE, STDIO
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