Basic Input Output io

I watched a couple of cbt nuggets videos today. I followed along replicated for myself what was shown on the video. I learned about basic input and output, streams. I like the idea of streams–reducing everything down to the most basic element in programming: a stream of ones and zeros. It reminds me of the transporter used in Star Trek–simply reducing a complicated object into small enough pieces that can be serialized and reconstructed at a different remote location.