AI engineering glossary · Computing foundations
What is standard streams?
Standard streams (also called stdin, stdout, stderr): The three default channels each program has for communication: standard input for incoming data, standard output for normal results, and standard error for error messages. Separating them lets output be redirected or piped independently.
Standard streams: an example
print() in Python writes to standard output, while error tracebacks go to standard error.
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Where you learn it
Standard streams is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.