What is a stream?

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Chetan Santha

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Stream means flow... ofstream This data type represents the output file stream and is used to create files and to write information to files. ifstream This data type represents the input file stream and is used to read information from files
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Thank You for your question Nilam.... Stream is a logical interface to a file. File can refer to a disk file, the screen, the keyboard, a port, and so on. Thanks, Team DishaaPro www.dishaapro.com
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Transferring data from one location to another location...
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A stream represents a sequence of objects usually bytes, which can be accessed in sequential order.
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Hi Nilam, Stream is sequence of bytes of data. Stream is a logical interface to a file.In "C" the file can refer to any disk file, keyboard,screen or any input output.
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Stream is used for reading / writing files from physical memory to inmemory. Stream exactly means continuous flow...
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Stream is a sequence of bytes of data. A sequence of bytes added by the end user into a program is called input stream. A sequence of bytes displayed on an output device of the program is called output stream.
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Stream is a logical queue which passes data from file to memory and vice versa
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it is a logical entity that represemts a file that can accept input or output
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