:File and stream I/O in C Sharp

The C# programming language provides many classes and methods to perform file and stream input and output.

The most common stream classes used for file and stream I/O within the .NET Framework are listed below:

class="wikitable" ! Class !! Function
`FileStream`	Reading and writing to a standard file
`IsolatedStorageFileStream`	Reading and writing to a file in isolated storage{{clarify\|date=February 2014}}
`MemoryStream`	Reading and writing to memory modeled as a stream
`BufferedStream`	Reading and writing to a stream using buffered I/O for improved thread performance
`NetworkStream`	Reading and writing to network sockets
`PipeStream`	Reading and writing over anonymous and named pipes
`CryptoStream`	Linking data streams to cryptographic transformations

References

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