bytestream
nounUK /ˈbaɪt.striːm/
US /ˈbaɪt.striːm/
A bytestream is a long line of bytes that a computer reads one after another.
The program reads the file as a bytestream and checks each byte.
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2. In networking, a continuous flow of bytes sent between two computers.
The socket delivers a bytestream to the client.
3. In programming, an abstract source or sink of bytes used for reading or writing data.
Java's InputStream represents a bytestream of raw bytes.
4. Any raw sequence of binary data before it is decoded into text or numbers.
The image was stored as a bytestream inside the database.