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  • abbreviation computing Standard input: a stream mapped to the primary input device, typically a keyboard.

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  • It then evaluates kons in turn for each s-expression read from stdin, with INPUT bound to the read s-expression and STATE bound to the current accumulator value, and makes the result of the evaluation be the new accumulator value.

    Snell-Pym » Magic Pipes 2009

  • A configuration file with virtual hardware details: which raw disk devices or files to make available as mass storage devices, how to provide the HYDROGEN console device via stdin/stdout, via a TCP socket you can telnet to, via X11, not at all, whether to go into the background and run as a daemon, and so on.

    Snell-Pym » HYDROGEN: Bootstrapping 2009

  • Takes base-10 input on stdin and converts it to base 7, with output to stdout in Julie Andrews song tones.

    Waldo Jaquith - Maybe Python is cooler than PHP. 2007

  • For experienced programmers, other items of interest in the sys module include sys. stdin, sys. stdout and sys. stderr which correspond to the standard input, standard output and standard error streams of your program respectively.

    A Byte of Python Swaroop, C. H. 2003

  • You can use the BIOS call, INT 16 function 01 or 11, to check whether an actual keystroke is waiting; or the DOS call, INT 21 function 0B, to check for a keystroke from stdin (subject to redirection).

    FAQ: Comp.Os.MSDOS.Programmer Part 2 1993

  • This has come up a couple of times already (including the case of serial mice as well), but for the record stty acts on stdin not stdout.

    Frequently Asked Questions About Linux v1.17 1993

  • Redirection no title redirection operators stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and hard links

    Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen

  • Environment Variables output reversing stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and regular expressions

    Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen

  • PC Disk Limitations reversing output stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and rm

    Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen

  • Managing Processes with bash pipelines stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and output reversing stdin, stdout, Pipelines, and pipes named pipes

    Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen

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