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Difference between BufferedInputStream and BufferedOutputStream

Tests whether you know BufferedInputStream wraps a raw input stream to reduce the number of actual read() system calls by pulling larger chunks into an internal buffer, while BufferedOutputStream batches writes into its buffer and only flushes to the underlying stream when full or explicitly flushed.

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