> Unix permits programs to communicate with one another, and with the user, exclusively through character streams. It communicates using byte streams. For the

> Unix permits programs to communicate with one another, and with the user, exclusively through character streams. It communicates using byte streams. For the original authors of Unix where ascii ruled supreme, it didn't make a difference but now it does. For example, see this stack question: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/167814/get-first-x-characters-from-the-cat-command http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/167814/get-first-x-c...