What is a stream?
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What is a stream?
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A stream is a byte of data that reads and writes from and to a disk. The .NET Framework 2.0 provides the System.IO.Stream class as the base class for all the task-related stream data types. To read data in bytes is to transfer it from a stream into a data structure. To write data in bytes is to transfer it from a data structure into a stream. Streams support seeking, which queries and modifies the current position of data within a stream.
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