Define the Stream Oriented Data Files?

There are two dissimilar types of data files called stream-oriented (or standard) data files and system-oriented (or low-level) data files. Stream-oriented data files are usually easier to work with and are therefore more commonly used. Stream-oriented data files are able to be subdivided into two categories. In the first cluster are text files consisting of consecutive characters. These characters can be interpreted as components of strings or numbers or as individual data items.

The second category of stream-oriented data files frequently referred to as unformatted data files that organize data into blocks containing contiguous bytes of information and these blocks represent more complex data structures such as structures and arrays. A separate set of library functions is obtainable for processing stream-oriented data files of this type.