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Editorial: Export byte streams related terms #1303

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Expand Up @@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ readable stream tee">branches</dfn>, which can be consumed independently.
For streams representing bytes, an extended version of the [=readable stream=] is provided to handle
bytes efficiently, in particular by minimizing copies. The [=underlying source=] for such a readable
stream is called an <dfn>underlying byte source</dfn>. A readable stream whose underlying source is
an underlying byte source is sometimes called a <dfn export>readable byte stream</dfn>. Consumers of
a readable byte stream can acquire a [=BYOB reader=] using the stream's
an underlying byte source is sometimes called a <dfn export for="ReadableStream">readable byte stream</dfn>.
Consumers of a readable byte stream can acquire a [=BYOB reader=] using the stream's
{{ReadableStream/getReader()}} method.

<h3 id="ws-model">Writable streams</h3>
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acquired via the stream's {{ReadableStream/getReader()}} method.

A [=readable byte stream=] has the ability to vend two types of readers: <dfn export lt="default
reader">default readers</dfn> and <dfn export lt="BYOB reader">BYOB readers</dfn>. BYOB ("bring your
own buffer") readers allow reading into a developer-supplied buffer, thus minimizing copies. A
reader">default readers</dfn> and <dfn export lt="BYOB reader" for="ReadableStream">BYOB readers</dfn>.
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BYOB ("bring your own buffer") readers allow reading into a developer-supplied buffer, thus minimizing copies. A
non-byte readable stream can only vend default readers. Default readers are instances of the
{{ReadableStreamDefaultReader}} class, while BYOB readers are instances of
{{ReadableStreamBYOBReader}}.
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