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Subclasses of class Stream
There exists a number of non-abstract subclasses of Stream in the namespace System.IO and in other namespaces
- System.IO.FileStream
- Provides a stream backed by a file from the operating system
- System.IO.BufferedStream
- Encapsulates buffering around another stream
- System.IO.MemoryStream
- Provides a stream backed by RAM memory
- System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream
- Encapsulates a socket connection as a stream
- System.IO.Compression.GZipStream
- Provides stream access to compressed data
- System.Security.Cryptography.CryptoStream
- Write encrypts and Read decrypts
- And others...