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diff --git a/docs/reference/glossary.rst b/docs/reference/glossary.rst index b6153550c..d9650bdd8 100644 --- a/docs/reference/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/reference/glossary.rst @@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ Glossary from context, it's recommended to use full specification like one of the above. + stream + Also known as a "file-like object". An object which provides sequential + read-write access to the underlying data. A stream object implements + a corresponding interface, which consists of methods like ``read()``, + ``write()``, ``readinto()``, ``seek()``, ``flush()``, ``close()``, etc. + A stream is an important concept in MicroPython, many I/O objects + implement the stream interface, and thus can be used consistently and + interchangeably in different contexts. For more information on + streams in MicroPython, see `uio` module. + upip (Literally, "micro pip"). A package manage for MicroPython, inspired by :term:`CPython`'s pip, but much smaller and with reduced functionality. |