- Bitstream
A bitstream or bit stream is a
time series ofbit s.A
bytestream is a series ofbyte s, typically of 8 bits each, and can be regarded as a special case of a bitstream.Bitstreams are used extensively in
telecommunications andcomputing : for example, the SDH communications technology transports synchronous bitstreams, and the TCPcommunications protocol transports a bytestream without synchronous timing.When a bitstream is captured and stored in a
computer storage medium, acomputer file is created.The term bitstream is frequently used to describe the configuration data to be loaded into a
field programmable gate array (FPGA). This usage may have originated based on the common method of configuring the FPGA from a serial bit stream, typically from a serial PROM orflash memory chip, although most FPGAs also support a byte-parallel loading method as well. The detailed format of the bitstream for a particular FPGA chip is usually considered proprietary to the FPGA vendor.ee also
* MPEG Elementary stream
*Bit stream access
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