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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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