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Java™ Programming Language

Module 14, slide 6 of 22

Data Within Streams

• Java technology supports two types of streams:

character and byte.

• Input and output of character data is handled by

readers and writers.

• Input and output of byte data is handled by input

streams and output streams:

• Normally, the term stream refers to a byte stream.

• The terms reader and writer refer to character

streams.