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stdin

stdin noun: standard input: a stream mapped to the primary input device, typically a keyboard.

Noun

stdin (uncountable)

  1. Standard input: a stream mapped to the primary input device, typically a keyboard.

Forms of stdin

alternative formstandard in
alternative formstandard input

Questions about stdin

What does stdin mean?
Stdin means standard input: a stream mapped to the primary input device, typically a keyboard.
What part of speech is stdin?
Stdin is a noun.

Words near stdin in the dictionary

  1. stchi
  2. STCs
  3. STCW
  4. std
  5. stderr
  6. stdin
  7. stdout
  8. STDs
  9. Ste
  10. Ste.
  11. Ste. Genevievan

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