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Input and Output Streams

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Essential Java Fast

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If you have a UNIX background you are likely to be familiar with the concept of streams. A stream is a continuous flow of bytes that can come from any source, such as the Internet, another program or more commonly a file. Streams can be used for input or for output from your application or applet.

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Cowell, J. (1997). Input and Output Streams. In: Essential Java Fast. Essential Java Fast. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0629-6_12

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