Editing Bitstream (section)

==Examples==
The term bitstream is frequently used to describe the configuration data to be loaded into a [[field-programmable gate array]] (FPGA). Although most FPGAs also support a byte-parallel loading method as well, this usage may have originated based on the common method of configuring the FPGA from a serial bit stream, typically from a serial [[programmable read-only memory|PROM]] or [[flash memory]] chip. The detailed format of the bitstream for a particular FPGA is typically proprietary to the FPGA vendor.

In mathematics, several specific [[infinite sequences]] of bits have been studied for their mathematical properties; these include the [[Baum–Sweet sequence]], [[Ehrenfeucht–Mycielski sequence]], [[Fibonacci word]], [[Kolakoski sequence]], [[regular paperfolding sequence]], [[Rudin–Shapiro sequence]], and [[Thue–Morse sequence]].

On most [[operating systems]], including [[Unix-like]] and [[Windows]], standard I/O libraries convert lower-level paged or buffered [[file access]] to a bytestream paradigm. In particular, in Unix-like operating systems, each process has three [[standard streams]], which are examples of unidirectional bytestreams. The [[Pipeline (Unix)|Unix pipe mechanism]] provides bytestream communications between different processes.

Compression algorithms often code in bitstreams, as the 8 bits offered by a byte (the smallest addressable unit of memory) may be wasteful. Although typically implemented in [[Low-level programming language|low-level languages]], some [[High-level programming language|high-level languages]] such as Python<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bitstream |title=Bitstream |publisher=Python Software Foundation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908204954/https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bitstream |archive-date=2016-09-08 |df=ymd}}</ref> and Java<ref>{{cite web |url=https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/BitSet.html |title=Class BitSet |publisher=Oracle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130021926/http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/BitSet.html |archive-date=2016-11-30 |df=ymd}}</ref> offer native interfaces for bitstream I/O.

One well-known example of a [[communication protocol]] which provides a byte-stream service to its clients is the [[Transmission Control Protocol]] (TCP) of the [[Internet protocol suite]], which provides a bidirectional bytestream.

The [[Internet media type]] for an arbitrary bytestream is {{mono|application/octet-stream}}. Other media types are defined for bytestreams in well-known formats.<!--[[User:Kvng/RTH]]-->