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Definition: bitstream


(1) A DVD/Blu-ray mode (see Bitstream mode).

(2) A series of bits. A bitstream may refer to any stream of bits transmitted on a network or in memory or storage. There is no standard format.

Bytestreams and Octet Streams
A stream of bytes is a bytestream. A stream of 6-bit characters is an "octet stream." Octal is human shortand for earlier 6-bit characters instead of the common 8-bit byte. All these streams are bitstreams. See byte, octet and application/octet stream.